<P> The story moves through a fairly long timeframe ; although it is set in the early 1950s , it looks back to the 1930s ( the time of the Great Depression ) , and the 1940s ( the time of the Second World War ) . The story is set in the working class home of the narrator , who comments that when her first child was born , they `` were poor and could not afford for her the soil of easy growth . '' ... </P>
<P> The story moves through a fairly long timeframe ; although it is set in the early 1950s , it looks back to the 1930s ( the time of the Great Depression ) , and the 1940s ( the time of the Second World War ) . The story is set in the working class home of the narrator , who comments that when her first child was born , they `` were poor and could not afford for her the soil of easy growth . '' ... </P>
when does i stand here ironing take place
when does i stand here ironing take place
the early 1950s
the early 1950s