The real meaning of The Story of an Hour?

At the time that The Story of an Hour was written, the Victorian Era, women didn’t have many rights. They couldn’t vote or go to school, for they were considered ornaments whose job was to take care of their house and raise the children. In fact, only in 1852 a law was passed giving women the right to sue for divorce, and another law followed in 1857, giving them the right to keep their children after divorce.
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