I Stand Here Ironing
Motherhood
“I Stand Here Ironing" is composed such that has an exceptionally solid Feminist message as it portrays a solid female character. The mother surrenders everything for her youngsters, attempting to discover employments that gives more opportunity for her kids and their schedule. “She was a miracle to me, but when she was eight months old I had to leave her daytimes with the woman downstairs to whom she was no miracle at all, for I worked or looked for work and for Emily's father, who "could no longer endure"(Olsen 419). She gets left behind by her husband, leaving the majority of the responsibilities up to the herself since he "could no longer endure" the weight of a spouse and a child. If the roles were reverse a woman not just be able to leave her child. Most women are held to higher standard in society as far as nurturing infant. Along in the story, she shares the difficulties with being separated with her oldest daughter multiple times. During the Depression era this was very hard for a young single mother with no …show more content…
The mother lays everything and tries to straighten her problems with her daughter. “I stand here ironing, and what you asked me moves tormented back and forth with the iron” (419). She moves back and forth from memories in order to figure out her daughter. “I Stand Here Ironing” illustrate the themes of women and femininity through the lens of mother-daughter relationship. The narrator is a single, working mother at a time when a more traditional, middle-class, stay-at-home mom was the norm in mainstream American society. This short story is about woman’s power. Many single mothers can relate to this story because it tells about the hardships that some unfortunate mothers have to face. Yet through it all she still finds a way to
“I Stand Here Ironing" is composed such that has an exceptionally solid Feminist message as it portrays a solid female character. The mother surrenders everything for her youngsters, attempting to discover employments that gives more opportunity for her kids and their schedule. “She was a miracle to me, but when she was eight months old I had to leave her daytimes with the woman downstairs to whom she was no miracle at all, for I worked or looked for work and for Emily's father, who "could no longer endure"(Olsen 419). She gets left behind by her husband, leaving the majority of the responsibilities up to the herself since he "could no longer endure" the weight of a spouse and a child. If the roles were reverse a woman not just be able to leave her child. Most women are held to higher standard in society as far as nurturing infant. Along in the story, she shares the difficulties with being separated with her oldest daughter multiple times. During the Depression era this was very hard for a young single mother with no …show more content…
The mother lays everything and tries to straighten her problems with her daughter. “I stand here ironing, and what you asked me moves tormented back and forth with the iron” (419). She moves back and forth from memories in order to figure out her daughter. “I Stand Here Ironing” illustrate the themes of women and femininity through the lens of mother-daughter relationship. The narrator is a single, working mother at a time when a more traditional, middle-class, stay-at-home mom was the norm in mainstream American society. This short story is about woman’s power. Many single mothers can relate to this story because it tells about the hardships that some unfortunate mothers have to face. Yet through it all she still finds a way to