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@article{175079,
        author = {Khushi Mathur},
        title = {Exploring Female Autonomy and Resistance},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {11},
        pages = {1656-1660},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=175079},
        abstract = {In Kate Chopin's work The Awakening, Edna Pontellier, a married woman in late 19th-century Louisiana, struggles to define herself against social expectations. After meeting and falling in love with Robert Lebrun, Edna, who is dissatisfied with her role as a wife and mother, embarks on a quest for independence and self-discovery. Issues of female liberty, libido, and societal norm constraints are all examined in the text. 
Instead of living under control, Edna chose to embrace the loneliness of the sea, which ultimately leads to her terrible demise.
In Charlotte Perkins Gilman's story The Yellow Wallpaper, the psychological deterioration of a woman who received the "rest cure" for postpartum depression is detailed. She becomes obsessed with the patterns of the yellow wallpaper after being confined to a room with it and comes to feel that the design symbolizes a woman who is trapped. Because of her increasing fixation, the protagonist utilizes the wallpaper to represent the broader enslavement of women in patriarchal societies. 
The narrative highlights the harmful consequences of seclusion and forced inactivity while also criticizing the way women's mental health is handled through her deteriorating mental health.},
        keywords = {},
        month = {April},
        }