Femspec, January 1st, 2006
Ardys of Berkeley
Tillie Olsen died in Kaiser Hospital at the age of 94. I first remember encountering her story "I Stand Here Ironing," in a Women's Studies class when I was an undergraduate. The short story is narrated by a woman thinking about the complex relationship between herself and her 19-yearold daughter. I did not realize it at the time, but many in the class, including myself, were around the same age as the daughter. Also many of us in the class had parents who came of age in the 1930s as did Tillie Olsen.
I heard stories of the depression and the Second World War from my parent...
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