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Since the rise of feminist literary criticism around the 1960s, more research has been focused on the themes of how the female experience is presented in "A White Heron". Research has identified themes such as, “the socialization of girls, the balance of power between the sexes, and the need for a woman to be true to her nature" . The influence of the female experience in this work being represented by the strength and independence of the main character has been connected to imitating a traditional hero character, more often depicted as male ” . This challenging of traditional roles of power argues the importance of the female voice and provides a empowering perspective on the female experience.

The protagonist in “A White Heron” can be seen as an example of a woman of power and embodying heroism. It has been referenced that “for Jewett, it seems to have been a personal "myth" that expressed her own experience and the experience of other women in the nineteenth century who had similar gifts, aspirations, and choices”. She created a character who expressed the female voice of the women of her time in a new perspective than traditionally published works.