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Works to Read

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1. The Awakening by Kate Chopin

It is a novel by American writer Kate Chopin. It is the story of a conventional wife and mother who, after engaging in an extramarital affair, commits suicide when she realizes she cannot reconcile her actions with the moral restrictions of society.

2. The Revolt of Mother by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

In portraying a main character insistent on receiving fair treatment from her husband, both for herself and her family, the story conveys women’s lack of power and puts forth one way to get around such inequality. It’s a great story about the oppression and rebellion of women.

3. A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell

Minnie Foster Wright is suspected of murdering her husband. When neighbor women accompany their husbands — one of whom is the sheriff — to search the Wright house for evidence, they find indications among common household objects that implicate her. As they discuss the details of the suspect’s isolated, poverty-stricken life with a violent husband, they implicitly agree to withhold what they have discerned from their husbands.