Why Sammy Quit

In A Jury of Her Peers the story is set during the early 20th century, which was a time when women were expected to do what their husbands told them. In the story, Minnie Wright was a typical housewife married to a farmer. Her husband expected her to perform the womanly duties and that’s what she did. It didn’t matter if she had no friends or social life; the most important thing was that she stayed home. Minnie’s companions consisted of a canary bird and her sewing equipment. As a result, Minnie was miserable for the duration of her marriage to John Wright.
Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale could understand the feelings Minnie had that led to her killing her husband. “I might ’a’ known she needed help!…We all go through t...