19、20世纪之交由于妇女选举权运动的风起云涌,女性的地位较之从前得到了改善和提高。追求平等、自由和发展成为觉醒中的女性的奋斗方向。女权主义运动为女性主义文学奠定了政治和理论上的基础。受益于女权主义运动,世纪之交的美国社会较之前已有了巨大变化。女性接受高等教育和进入职场的机会越来越多,也使得女性的独立意识和觉醒意识越来越强。虽然贤妻良母仍是社会对女性的传统期待,职业女性也通常不被鼓励,但是如果没有婚姻这个保障,女性的另一出路显然就是要走向职场依靠自己。出自 At the turn of the 20th and 20th centuries the rise of the women’s suffrage movement has made women better off and better off than before. The pursuit of equality, freedom and development have become the awakening women’s struggle. The feminist movement laid the political and theoretical foundation for feminist literature. Benefiting from the feminist movement, the American society has shown tremendous changes from the turn of the century. Increasing opportunities for women to have higher education and to enter the workplace have also made women increasingly independent and awake. Although good wives and mothers are still the traditional expectations of women in society, professional women are often not encouraged. However, if there is no guarantee for marriage, another way for women is obviously to go to the workplace and rely on themselves. From