Carpenter remained devout and inclined to be conservative in her views on marriage and the family. Although she never married, she was attached to the Victorian view that the domestic sphere was women's natural one, and she only reluctantly and gradually started to support the movement for widening this to include careers and public life. Towards the end of her career, she participated in the campaign for Woman's Suffrage.
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Carpenter remained devout and inclined to be conservative in her views on marriage and the family. Although she never married, she was attached to the Victorian view that the domestic sphere was women's natural one, and she only reluctantly and gradually started to support the movement for widening this to include careers and public life. Towards the end of her career, she participated in the campaign for [[Woman's Suffrage]].