Two small town women living a good wife. The role for women in the family and society. Mary the wife of Rosicky stays and does house work and takes care of children. Emily has been controlled her whole life by her father, but once her father died things had changed. They were both treated with respect but in many different ways from each other.
Rosicky's wife, Mary stays inside and does all the housework while Rosicky was out working on the farm. “You’ve got five boys at home to do it for you.” (pg1). When he finds out about his heart. The doctor had told him to help do the housework but not to work so hard. “You’re sixty-five years old and you’ve always worked hard, and your heart is tired.” (pg1).