Independence Of Women In The 1800's

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In the 1800's, the audience was unfamiliar with the independence of women; Chopin introduces this concept in the short story. Back I the 1800's everyone saw women as mothers and house workers, it was very uncommon to see a wife with a job. The wife was the one who was supposed to stay home and take care of the kids. Mrs. Sommers shows the independence women can have. Mrs. Sommers was planning on using her money on her kids instead of herself, but she finds a pair of silk stockings. Mrs. Sommers starts to reveal her independence when she asks, "do you have any number of eights-and-a-half among these?" (Chopin 2). She decides its okay to help herself once in a while. She starts to show it more when she, "bought two high-priced

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