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Chapter 23 - Gender Issues

Women and Domesticity

from Part III - Historical and Cultural Contexts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2019

By
Laura Skandera-Trombley
Edited by
John Bird
John Bird
Affiliation:
Winthrop University
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Summary

In his personal life, Mark Twain was surrounded by women, in a home with his wife and three daughters, very much focused on their well-being and their issues. He was supportive of women’s rights, calling for the vote for women and supporting other feminist causes. His fiction contains sympathetic portrayals of women, recognizing their oppression in a male-dominated age. His writing also shows an understanding of male roles, both their power and their limitations.

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Mark TwainSamuel Clemensgender issueswomendomesticityhome
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Mark Twain in Context , pp. 233 - 242
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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