<Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> "Trifles" </Td> </Tr> <P> "A Jury of Her Peers", written in 1917, is a short story by Susan Glaspell, loosely based on the 1900 murder of John Hossack (not the famed abolitionist), which Glaspell covered while working as a journalist for the Des Moines Daily News . It is seen as an example of early feminist literature because two female characters are able to solve a mystery that the male characters cannot . They are aided by their knowledge of women's psychology . Glaspell originally wrote the story as a one - act play entitled Trifles for the Provincetown Players in 1916 . The story was adapted into an episode of the 1950s TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents . The story was adapted into a 30 - minute film by Sally Heckel in 1980 . The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film . </P> <P> "A Jury of Her Peers" is about the discovery of and subsequent investigation of John Wright's murder . The story begins on a cold, windy day in fictional Dickson County (representing Dickinson County, Iowa) with Martha Hale being abruptly called to ride to a crime scene . In the buggy is Lewis Hale, her husband, Sheriff Peters, the county sheriff, and Mrs. Peters, the sheriff's wife . She rushes out to join them in the buggy, and the group sets off . They arrive at the crime scene: the Wrights' lonesome - looking house . Immediately Mrs. Hale exhibits a feeling of guilt for not visiting her friend Minnie Foster since she married and became Mrs. Wright (the dead man's wife) twenty years prior . Once the whole group is safely inside the house, Mr. Hale is asked to describe to the county attorney what he had seen and experienced the day prior . Despite the serious circumstances, he delivers his story in a long - winded and poorly thought - out manner, tendencies he struggles to avoid throughout . The story begins with Mr. Hale venturing to Mr. Wright's house to convince Wright to get a telephone . Upon entering the house, he finds Mrs. Wright in a delirious state and comes to learn that Mr. Wright has allegedly been strangled . The women's curious nature and very peculiar attention to minute details allows them to find evidence of Mrs. Wright's guilt and of her provocations and motives . Meanwhile, the men are unable to procure any evidence . The women find the one usable piece of evidence: the dead bird in the box . It's stated that Minnie used to love to sing and her husband took that away from her . But now finding her bird is dead, with a broken neck (with the implication that the husband killed it) it is evident Mrs. Wright killed her husband . Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters use their knowledge and experience as two "midwestern rural women" to understand Mrs. Wright's suffering when the only living thing around her has died . The women find justification in Mrs. Wright's actions and go about hiding what they find from the men . In the end, their obstruction of evidence will seemingly prevent a conviction . The story ends here, and does not move into the occurrences after they leave the house . </P>

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