3 sentences with “obedient”

A girl educated in the Renaissance was trained to be an obedient wife and companion, not an independent thinker in her own right.

These weaknesses were reflected in one simple fact: there were several times over the centuries when there were rival popes, usually appointed by obedient ecclesiastical officials answerable to kings.

Catherine the Great also created the first educational institution for girls in Russia, the Smolny Institute, admitting the daughters of nobles and, eventually, well-to-do commoners (ironically, given its own power, the Institute trained noble girls to be obedient and compliant wives rather than aspiring leaders).