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The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Women and Femininity Quotes

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Quote #10

[. . .] Father Connolly murmured Latin in a very solemn voice and tickled her feet. My God, will you stop that nonsense? I'm a married woman (56).

Aww, how sweet. Granny's husband has been dead for a long time and she still thinks of herself as a married woman. It just goes to show how much of Granny's identity is tied to her roles as wife and mother.