The most important lesson that I got from these portions of The Gleaner, is the fact that women were very accepting and did not really take action when it came to most things due to their status in society. An example would be “My poor mother weeps incessantly; she says she shall never know peace again”(390), rather than doing something about the situation, her mother was accepting everything that life was presenting her with. She felt helpless and was accepting of the fact that the world was crumbling down around her. However, the younger generation of women was taking action. Even though the letter between Miss Worthington and Miss Melworth was private and wasn’t a public display of action, they were still discussing important events that
