In the fifth stanza, the anger of Bradstreet is clearly displayed in the lines, Who says my hand a needle better fits; A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For such despite they cast on female wits. ... Bradstreet knew how to be both a housewife and a writer; she did not let either one get to her head and outweigh the other. She wrote her poems while rearing eight children, functioning as a hostess, being a good wife, and performing other domestic duties. ... In the first stanza, she explains to the reader that her work is very simple and she should not be the one to do th...

• Word Count: 800
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Monroe was more than just a blonde bombshell actress; she was a person, a wife and most defining, a woman. ... Think, just for a second, if she had not chosen to work in a factory and stayed as a housewife, waiting for her first husband, twenty one year old Jimmy Daugherty, to come home from the war. ... How many times has a girl who was not of normal size been called "fat- or a number of rather demeaning terms? And honestly, how many have overcome those comments, or transformed those comments into strength to be more than that, to show those who said she could not make it because she was not...

• Word Count: 872
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Shimerda is a housewife, much the same way Mrs. ... She clings to Jim and feeds his self-image by stating how brave he is. She encourages Jim to show everyone how he killed the snake. ... Even the photographer notices just how happy she is to have a child of her own. ... As productive workers on the farm, they were better men than Jim and some of the town boys. ...

• Word Count: 2199
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School