Maggie A Girl of the Streets
Throughout history women have lived a life of depending on men to take care of them and have carried the stigma of being known as the weaker sex. Things have changed for the better since the 1800’s when Stephen Crane wrote his book Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. Women now have the freedom to work and have careers without being looked down at. Here in the book, Stephen Crane writes a story in which the three main female characters represent the different lifestyles in the society of the 1800’s. It was rare that women had a job in those days but as Maggie’s brother put it, ‘“Yeh’ve edder got te go te hell or go te work!”’ (Crane 17). Either way by going to work Maggie was in a hellish environment that was crowded with other female workers. All the woman were not happy and were all looked down upon by the upper class. These woman had to work to survive (NO WORK NO FOOD)! It was very rare in those days for women to support themselves. In those days it was expected that women who lived at home had to give all their earnings to their parents to help support the family. They were given just enough for lunch money and very little spending money. The rest was for family living expenses. Working at the collar and cuff company Ma
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Approximate Word count = 1167
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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