In the book The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien there is only mention of a women once throughout the whole entire story. He only mentions a women when talking about Bilbo’s mother for only about a page. J.R.R Tolkien may not have used women a lot in the story because of the rights that women were allowed during his time period. The right for women to vote was passed in 1920 and that was only 17 years before J.R.R Tolkien wrote the story The Hobbit. During the time of the publication of the novel women were considered shamed upon if they worked. They were said to be stealing the jobs from the men because during this time it was the great depression. Women were always said to stay at home and do the dirty work. This is maybe why in The Hobbit, J.R.R
