When I saw the title of Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers,” the first thing I expected was a court case that would take place with a real jury consisting of a woman’s peers. However, this story was actually about two women, their husbands, and a county attorney searching a house to attempt to figure out a murder case. While the men attempt to figure out the how the women secretly learn why. As the women walk around the kitchen, they discover half-completed task after task. They find half-sifted flour and an unfinished quilting project. As the women peruse the quilt, the men return and overhear Mrs. Hale ask, “Do you suppose she was going to quilt it or just knot it?” (Glaspell 546). When they hear her ask this question, the men begin to
