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Quote #10
"Aren't you ever going to finish the ironing, Mother? Whistler painted his mother in a rocker. I'd have to paint mine standing over an ironing board." (51)
This refers to the 19th-century American artist James Whistler's famous painting of his mother sitting in a rocker. As a daughter, Emily has a special knowledge of what mothering is really like: constant labor.