Just don’t be dead – Sewwandi Abeyratne
This is found in Fanny Fern’s Folly as it Flies, “Women and their Discontents”
Fanny fern is telling her readers that the women in 1868s lead harsh lives. They had to bare children as many as their husbands wanted. They had to attend their family need and then make sure her husband’s needs are met. They had to make sure her children are physically and mental brought up according to the social standards. Women during that century died sooner than their children because there’s so much was expected of them. Fanny is simply being sarcastic about the women in that era, telling them do all the work that the society expected of you but just don’t be dead.
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Just don’t be dead – Sewwandi Abeyratne
This is found in Fanny Fern’s Folly as it Flies, “Women and their Discontents”
Fanny fern is telling her readers that the women in 1868s lead harsh lives. They had to bare children as many as their husbands wanted. They had to attend their family need and then make sure her husband’s needs are met. They had to make sure her children are physically and mental brought up according to the social standards. Women during that century died sooner than their children because there’s so much was expected of them. Fanny is simply being sarcastic about the women in that era, telling them do all the work that the society expected of you but just don’t be dead.
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