Roosevelt points out that a woman is simply supposed to be a housewife and a fearless mother to her many children. However, in today's society, this cannot be reality. Women should always take care of their home, like any human being, and if they are mothers, they should be fearless, but women are no longer expected to just work around the house, nor are they expected to they have abundance. of children. Now that women are demanding equality, they must conform to the expectations of men as laid out in The Strenuous Life. If women are not expected to stay at home and keep the house clean, then they should pursue greatness themselves and work just as hard to achieve it. Also during Roosevelt's era, African Americans and other minorities were barely considered men. When he talked about hard-working individuals who rose in society, he was talking about white men and no one else. Despite this, the basic moral of the story is the same. Work hard and success will come