Summary Of 'One Out Of 12' By Tillie Olsen

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In Tillie Olsen address, One out of Twelve: Writers Who Are Women in our Century, Olsen points out how that even though things are improving for women there is still a lot of work that needs to be done because women are still not equal. Olsen points out the fact that women have more education opportunities that women have ever had, but are still treated with less than men in the work forces. To dig deeper into why this is the case, Olsen points out the obstacles that women face that men do not. First, social stand still plays a huge part in whether a woman will be anything other than a wife and mother. Men are able to work themselves out of their social class if the desire, but women have on chance. Furthermore, women that do make it to a higher

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