A Jury of Her Peers: Genre 1 key example

“A Jury of Her Peers” is a short story that falls into the category of feminist literature. This is not only because Glaspell centers the experiences of women in her story (primarily Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters), but also because she has these characters prove themselves to be much smarter and more discerning than the male characters believe them to be (and than the male characters themselves are). While the men in the story believe that they will be the ones to find evidence that will point to the motive behind Mrs. Wright killing her husband, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters are the ones to find the evidence. What's more, the two women undermine the male-dominated legal system by hiding these motives from the county attorney and sheriff in order to protect Mrs. Wright, who they realize only killed her husband because he was likely violent with her.