7 sentences with 'respectability'
Example sentences and phrases with the word respectability and other words derived from it.
• « The dress of the bourgeoisie came to resemble a specific 'uniform' of respectability in the nineteenth century - the top hat in particular was an iconic mark of class identity by mid-century. »
• « Women, feminists argued, needed economic independence, the ability to support themselves before marriage without losing status or respectability, and the right to retain the property and earnings they brought in and accumulated during marriage. »
• « At the same time, the plan would work "to promote the increasing respectability of the American name; to answer the claims of justice; to restore the ownership of land to its due value; to provide new resources both to agriculture and commerce; to cement more closely the union of the states; to add to their security against foreign attack; to establish public order on the basis of an upright and liberal policy". »
• « Not all enterprising artisans were successful enough to rise to the level of the elite. However, many artisans and small traders, owners of small factories and shops, did manage to achieve and maintain respectability in an emerging middle class. »
• « Slavery was the antithesis of the middle-class view that dignity and respectability were achieved through work, and many members of this class were active in efforts to end it. »
• « Such examples seemed proof positive that Democrats were disregarding merit, education and respectability in decisions about the nation's government. »