Ellen Gilchrist's Women Who Would Be Queens (and Those Who Would Dethrone Them).

Middle class women; Social status; Gilchrist, Ellen, 1935-2024; Short story (Literary form); Women authors

Discusses how the short stories by Ellen Gilchrist depict the socio-economic conditions of upper middle-class American women who grew up in the 1940s and 1950s. Struggle of the women against the limitations imposed by the patriarchy; Depiction of the protagonists; Demonstration of how the characters handle conflicts.