Ow does the author use the character of the nurse to develop the social issue of gender inequality? The nurse’s willingness to take care of Nora when Nora was little demonstrates a woman’s ability to do difficult work.
The nurse’s need to give up a child in order to have a job demonstrates a woman’s inability to support herself.
The fact that the nurse’s child wrote to her as a young girl and as an adult demonstrates a woman’s ability to keep friends forever.
The nurse’s assurance to Nora that her children ask for her often demonstrates women’s role in health care.