Talk:I Stand Here Ironing

“I stand here Ironing” Tillie Olsen

Setting- The story is set in the late 1950s or early 1960s in the working class home of the narrator. Character/ Emily – A nineteen-year old shy and passive girl. She is the older of two girls. She developed a talent for comedic acting. Susan - Emily’s Father – deserted the family less than one year after her birth. Emily’s Mother – Mother’s Husband –