Definition of "helpmates" [helpmates]

• Plural form of helpmate. (noun)

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• "Men were the doers of God's will; women were everybody's "helpmates," but never their leaders."
• "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."
• "I do agree with you that reinforcing the necessity of women being forced into the roles of nurses and helpmates takes us all a big step backwards."