Women's Liberation In The Chrysanthemums, By John Steinbeck

Women's liberation starts in the mid 1900's as an artistic development that supporters measure up to rights for all ladies paying little mind to their religions and races. By Freedman (2009), women's liberation can be characterized as a conviction that despite the fact that ladies and men are naturally of equivalent worth, most social orders benefit men as a gathering. This is brought to light in John Steinbeck's short story The Chrysanthemums which tells about Elisa Allen, wife of a farm proprietor, Henry Allen, battling between being a "typical" woman and a conventional lady. Elisa's actions and feelings reflect her struggle as a woman trying and failing to be a strong and independent as a woman in a male dominated society. Accordingly, I