Tillie Olsen's Readings

     Tillie Olsen was a very noble woman. She was known for speaking out for the poor, the despised people of America, and the oppressed. A lot of her writings were about the lives of the coal miners, immigrants, farm laborers, sewer workers, and the rest of the hard working poor in America. She was born to Russian parents. She couldn't get much formal education so she educated herself at the library. She won a lot of recognition for exposing the lives of the poor. One of her finest works was a story about coal miner's family and the struggle to endure down a long road, was noted as one of the best works of the proletarian movement in American literature.
     In her story I Stand Here Ironing was a very heart felt story about a young woman whom was raising her kids on her own. She talks about her experiences as a mother and how her first child she did things exactly like the book. This is funny because I too did that. I would not dare feed my child earlier than the book said even if the child would cry. She speaks of the almost same thing. She would feel so bad a tremble when her baby would cry and even though her breast would ache she would wait for the clock to turn the exact time before feeding her precious baby. After your first child you learn quickly that things do not have to be exact. Actually with time and experience in life you learn that nothings goes exactly as planned and you have to live and learn.