In 1916, Susan Glaspell wrote Trifles, when the selfish, male-dominated social order ruthlessly manipulated women's right to vote and cruelly limited their functions in society, in business and government positions. At home the husband was a dictator and the wife simply a maid. The domestic sphere of women is minimized to the farm activities that are considered trifles or insignificant in the world of men. Trifles explores the classic male stereotype of women during this period by expressing that women habitually worry about matters of little or no importance. This label creates the perception that males are the only people interested in essential issues, issues that a woman would never discuss or address in this era. Trifles is based on a real murder case that Susan Glaspell wrote about as a newspaper reporter in Iowa at the turn of the century. To fully understand and provide an accurate analysis of Trifles, it is critical to recognize the condition of the women's movement at the time the play was first written and performed. The significance of women's position in this early 20th century community and the title of the play Trifles is condescending. Susan Glaspell manipulatively uses her vast knowledge of the murder case, to expose and express how women really felt during this time. As a journalist she was controlled and limited to what she could actually publish. He consistently uses subtle yet profound ways to associate the show with the violent treatment of women and how they are viewed by men in society. Lewis Hale casually states that “women are accustomed to worry over trifles” (Glaspell 663). It is dictating how men actually perceive women in society… at the center of the paper… ce to society and seen as servants of their husband and family. The female was despised and was considered a second class citizen compared to her male counterpart. The meaning of women's contribution to society was evolving and it was a painful transition that women had to endure in order for women to have what they have today. The women suffered mental, emotional, physical, and political abuse comparable to that of slaves. The sufferings endured by women have paved the way for future generations of women to be considered equals and not peasants compared to men. The women decided not to tell the men about the things they found, which no doubt emphasized that the women endured Minnie's pain together for the greater good of the women. If they had revealed the nonsense they had discovered, the women would have presented the reason that the men could not find to condemn her.