The answer is: The "Beltway mentality" is a desired goal of every presidential administration.
The "Beltway mentality is an American idiom used to describe matters that are important to interest groups such as officials of the U.S. federal government, lobbyists, and the corporate media. All these groups are found within an imaginary beltway around Washington DC. If a president´s goal were to act with a Beltway mentality he would not tend to the needs of the population beyond this beltway, therefore this would not be desirable.
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Civic duty is referred to the responsibilities of citizens towards each other other and their country. If people are astray from the their responsibilities towards each other and the nation. The compassion amongst them will vanish.
People will become selfish and work for only their own benefit. Not fulfilling other citizens rights would create a haphazard situation and the absence of law will be observed in such situation.
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I'm not sure what time or place you're talking about but this is what I think.
I think that most wealthy Women had wealthy husbands so the Women probably didn't work. Maybe they took care of children, or were teachers. There were other choices for a women but, the year and country has to be specific.