The Story Of An Hour

The Story Of An Hour, is a feminist piece of literature that predates any feminist movements. It reminds me of the ample amount of opportunities that women have today in this country as compared to the years before the 1920's. I remember my grandmother saying that women did not have the same opportunities that we have today. Sometimes people take for granted that freedom and equality is not free, and that most likely someone sacrificed for those freedom. For example, I am reminded of the hard labor and campaigning that women put into so that women could have the right to vote.

Before the 1940's women were not allowed to have careers other than a school teacher or a nurse. They were expected to be domestic slaves. They were expected to not have strong opinions and they were thought of as fragile beings. Today women can even fight in combat in this country.

The Story of an Hour was shocking in the 1890's and radical forward thinking. Just to think about life was like one hundred years ago seems like ages. Women would not dare to walk around like Britney Spears in the 1800's she would probably be stoned to death, or burned like the Salem Witches.