What does it mean to be a woman and a mother in this week’s readings? Is motherhood defined in each by what someone is, or is it defined by what the main woman in each text is not? What does each text suggest about the connection between creation and procreation?

Identity, Womanhood, and Motherhood in American Literature

The Mother by Gwendolyn Brooks – Inked in History The Yellow Wallpaper | Writing on Women Writers

Your prompt response should be, at least, 150 words.

Discussion Question:

What does it mean to be a woman and a mother in this week’s readings? Is motherhood defined in each by what someone is, or is it defined by what the main woman in each text is not? What does each text suggest about the connection between creation and procreation?

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1952/1952-h/1952-h.htm

Read the poem –

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43309/the-mother-56d2220767a02

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