Treatment of Women in "Death of a Salesman"

In this time, most women were working at home. Although first-wave feminism had come and gone, and many suffragettes fought for their rights years before, women continued to work in the home. So far, we have come across two different female figures in "Death of a Salesman". We have met Linda, Willy's wife, and "the woman", the female Willy is having an affair with. Linda is a homemaker who cooks, cleans, and raises her children. What is interesting is the way Linda is treated in her home. Willy believes it's okay to yell at and blame his wife for certain things, and when that does occur, Happy and Biff stand up for their mother. However, the kids aren't too kind to their mom all the time either. 

Something to note about the play is that the two women we have come across fit two completely different stereotypes in our world. One fits the "simple stay-at-home mother who's responsibility is to keep the home" stereotype, and the other fits the "cheap and suggestive sex-crazed slutty woman" stereotype. They may be polar opposite characters, however they can both be seen as objects used by men in different ways. Unfortunate? Yes.