What is a mass society and what were its main characteristics what role were women expected to play in society and family life in the latter half of the nineteenth century and how closely did patterns of family life corresponds to this ideal?

The mass society was made of a larger and improved urban environment

Explanation:

It is the society of improved modern or urban environment where the traditional culture ties have been considered as not too relevant , important or have no value again due to bureaucracy and prosperity.

This means that ,the lower class was allowed more prosperity in education. It gave them voting rights and made recreation available to them.

It should be noted also that, though there were more white-collar jobs for woman, they were still been considered as wives and mothers.

In conclusion, this last point mentioned above  did not happen in the lower class, because to support a family both parents had to work.