In the first short story “What Manner of Woman?” the author describes how a memory of Mattie Lee Jackson, a womanist, is triggered by a “…mundane stimuli…” such as a sound, smell, or an image. A womanist has a typical response to any type of stress. Mattie Lee Jackson is described as “…a consummate stoic.” She makes a three mile round trip hike everyday, and she never complains. Mattie Lee is described as a woman who had the “…seeming inability to get exercised, to become angry.” Her demeanor and temperament is that of a typical womanist as well. Sh

The last short story “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty, an old woman, Phoenix Jackson, is described. Although this character does not possess the same physical abilities (she walks with a cane and wobbles from side to side like a penguin) as some of the other womanist, Phoenix Jackson is a womanist through and through. She makes a long, treacherous journey through woods and hills for her grandchild. During the journey she encounters a white man with a gun. When the man tries to scare Phoenix by pointing the barrel of his gun in her face, she keeps her same calm demeanor. She is not fazed at all by the gun. She doesn’t erupt with anger, because someone just pointed a gun in her face, she keeps the same face and tells the man that she has seen more guns pointed at her for better reasons. Phoenix Jackson runs into many bumps in the road on her travel, but her persistence pays off when she arrives in town. To be a womanist other people must show respect for you regardless of race or class. When Phoenix Jackson arrives at the doctor’s office, she is met by several other women. These women show Phoenix respect regardless of that fact that she is old, a minority, and poor as well. This shows that Phoenix Jackson truly defines a womanist.

In the second short story “Remembering Miss Alberta: One of Alice’s Women” the author tells

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