Champion, Laurie. “Literary Contexts In Short Stories: Tillie Olsen’s ‘I Stand Here Ironing.’” Literary Contexts In Short Stories: Tillie Olsen’s “I Stand Here Ironing” (2006): 1. Literary Reference Center. Web. 22 Oct. 2015. Dr. Laurie Champion, a Professor of English at San Diego State University, analyzes the gender, class, and race in twentieth- century American literature. In “I Stand Here Ironing,” she analyzes how being poor and having to work can affect both a mother and a child. Champion discusses how working causes the mother to have to abandon her child. This essay reflects how different circumstances affect Emily’s self-esteem.
Frye, Joanne S. “’I Stand Here Ironing’: Motherhood As Experience And Metaphor.” Studies In Short Fiction