Jane Austen and her Women Jane Austen has been described as a feminist because of her portrayal of women in her novels. Pride and Prejudice has been the discussion of critics for many years. But more or less, her “feminism” relates to her background. During the Regency Period, women were not expected to maintain a life for themselves. They were influenced by their families to marry well in order to have a good future and …showed first 75 words of 527 total…

…showed last 75 words of 527 total…household work though, was actually done by the servants. Mrs.Bennet prides herself on her family’s being too genteel for her daughters to be involved in the cooking, unlike the Lucas family. ( RoP 2 ) In 1870, Anthony Trollope declared that “ Throughout all her works, a sweet lesson of homely household womanly virtue is ever being taught.” ( RoP 2 ) But it is not hard to see some feminist tendencies. She did however, write about strong willful women Elizabeth