Annotated Bibliography

Welty, Eudora. “One Writer’s Beginning”. Ladies Start Your Engines. Elinor Nanuen. Boston: Faber & Faber, 1996 In this short story, Eudora Welty depicts a family on a car trip. By means of a travel story, the passive role of the women in family circa 1917 is illustrated.

Mcalpin, Sara. “Family in Eudora Welty's fiction”. The Southern Review (Baton Rouge, La.) v. 18 (July 1982) p. 480-94 In this article, Mcalpin analyzes the structures of family in two of Eudora Welty’s works. Through this analysis, family roles, significantly the role of females, are seen and can be applied to another of Welty’s works: “One Writer’s Beginnings”.

Baber, Kristine M. and Katherine R. Allen. Women and Families: Feminist Reconstructions. New York: The Guilford Press, 1992 Katherine R. Allen and Kristine M. Baber examine the role of women in families from a feminist point of view. This can be applied to the way women are perceived within Eudora Welty’s short story.