Throughout the course of history, feminism has been a prevalent problem among society. In the last years a process of denunciation, discussion, and awareness of this problem have been developed, going from considering it as a private matter to understand it as a social problem, and in this process the feminist movement and women's groups have had much to do. For instance, in Susan Glaspell’s play “Trifles” and Lorraine Hansberry’s drama “A Raisin in the Sun” both authors successfully transmits their feminist ideas dealing with issues such as economic injustice, abortion, ignorance, and marriage problems.
In addition, Glaspell published the play “Trifles” in 1916, during this period women did `not represent the power they now have in society. Because of beliefs, laws and ways of life, women were people who took care of the house, the children and husbands. Usually none of them had access to promotion in their personal lives, they were the mainstay of their family life, they were even obliged to dedicate their entire existence to them. “MRS HALE: … She used to wear pretty clothes and be lively, when she was Minnie Foster, one of the town girls singing in the choir. But that—oh, that was…show more content… This play introduces the themes of abortion and marriage problems. Hansberry was creating a new way to see the rights of women, by motivating them to fight for their rights. “MAMA: Son- do you know your wife is expecting another baby? (Walter stands, stunned, and absorbs what his mother has said.) That’s what she wanted to talk to you about. (Walter sinks down into a chair.) This ain’t for me to be telling—but you ought to know. (She waits.) I think Ruth is thinking ’bout getting rid of that child.” (Hansberry 478) During that time it was as a sin to talk about those issues but Hansberry crossed the barriers and exposed hes feminist
