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- noun UK Plural form of
helpmate .
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Examples
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Men were the doers of God's will; women were everybody's "helpmates," but never their leaders.
Sister Joan Chittister, OSB: Ruth, Judith and the Power of Women in the Work of God 2010
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Men were the doers of God's will; women were everybody's "helpmates," but never their leaders.
Sister Joan Chittister, OSB: Ruth, Judith and the Power of Women in the Work of God 2010
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Men were the doers of God's will; women were everybody's "helpmates," but never their leaders.
Sister Joan Chittister, OSB: Ruth, Judith and the Power of Women in the Work of God 2010
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Sarah Brooks Sundberg has argued that the substantial contributions of prairie farm women as homemakers, home manufacturers, field hands, wage earners, and teachers was understated by the persistent image of "helpmates" in emigrant promotional literature in the late nineteenth century.
Gutenber-e Help Page 2005
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Men were the doers of God's will; women were everybody's "helpmates," but never their leaders.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com OSB Sister Joan Chittister 2010
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Men were the doers of God's will; women were everybody's "helpmates," but never their leaders.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com OSB Sister Joan Chittister 2010
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Men were the doers of God's will; women were everybody's "helpmates," but never their leaders.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com OSB Sister Joan Chittister 2010
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Men were the doers of God's will; women were everybody's "helpmates," but never their leaders.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com OSB Sister Joan Chittister 2010
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Men were the doers of God's will; women were everybody's "helpmates," but never their leaders.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com OSB Sister Joan Chittister 2010
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Men were the doers of God's will; women were everybody's "helpmates," but never their leaders.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com OSB Sister Joan Chittister 2010
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