"The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck

As you know, women have often been portrayed as the weaker sex when compared to men but do not ask me why. It's been like that throughout the history of mankind. As a result of these assumptions, many women have been bravely trying hard to dissociate themselves from this frame of mind and become more independent with their lives. When John Steinbeck's short story "The Chrysanthemums" first appeared in the October 1937 edition of Harper's Magazine, Franklin D. Roosevelt had just been re-elected president of the United State of America. The country was recovering from the Great Depression, u…