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…showed last 75 words of 2778 total…about the situation women were in a century ago. This short story was written at a time where it was common sense and tradition that women were inferior to men in status and opportunities (Petry 135). The reactions to her stories have changed over the past 100 years. Looking back on the critics changing views from outrage to admiration, it is easy to see how far we as a nation have come in accepting women as writers.