“I Stand Here Ironing” refers to events that took place in the 1930s in America during the Great Depression, a time of social, political and economical instability. The author is using first person point of view and first person narrator who plays the role of a minor character, a mother that tells a story about her daughter. The story begins with a dialogue over the telephone between the narrator and her daughter’s psychologist or …showed first 75 words of 802 total…

…showed last 75 words of 802 total…but only she knows that Emily “will find her way” that she is strong enough to do it. ”Who needs help…” and “why were you concerned?” her mother says to the person on the phone. She realizes know that in her daily struggle of raising her children she forgot to show her daughter how much she loved her, and the fact that her daughter was more then the dress on the ironing board for her.