A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell The north wind blows in Dickson County on this cold March morning, and in "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell, the murder brings together a group of men and two women, with two separate agendas. The male group which includes: Mr. Hale; one witness, Mr. Peters; the sheriff and Mr. Henderson; the county attorney insists on finding evidence to secure Minnie (Foster) Wright's conviction; wife of the victim, John Wright. However, the two women: Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, wives of two of the men, form a bond with each other and with the absent Mrs. Wright, and take it upon themselves to hide what they have discovered to protect Minnie from being condemned for first degree murder, even though the evidence points towards his guilt. The actual order of events began yesterday, when Mr. Hale and his eldest son, Harry, stopped by the Wrights' home to talk to Mr. Wright about being interested in getting a phone caller, but instead of talking to him they talk to his wife; Minnie and find out that John Wright is dead! After getting no cooperation from Mrs. Wright, as she sat in her rocking chair, wringing out her apron, Mr. Hale sent Harry to fetch the authorities, which brings us to today. “Martha! Don't make people wait out here in the cold,” her husband said in an impatient voice (Susan Glaspell 586). Martha Hale had to abandon everything she was doing, leaving the kitchen in disarray, just so she could accompany her husband to the scene of John Wrights death and keep the sheriff's wife company; and to help collect some personal effects for the accused Mrs. Wright. And so the investigation begins. As everyone approached the Wright house, which was in a hollow surrounded by trees, the glances from the... center of the paper... in Short Fiction 36.3 (1999) : 291+. Humanities module. ProQuest. Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, IL. CSC Lib February 28, 2008Glaspell, Susan. "A jury of his peers." Fiction 100: An anthology of short fiction. Ed. James H. Pickering. 11th ed. New Jersey: Pearson, 2007. 713-18.Mustazza, Leonard. “Genetic Translation and Thematic Change in Susan Glaspell's 'Trifles' and 'A Jury of Her Peers'.” Studies in Short Fiction 26.4 (Fall 1989): 489. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, IL. CSC Lib February 28, 2008.Ortiz, Lisa. “A jury of his peers (critiques).” Answers.Com. February 28, 2008 .Cano ViIStormer, Nathan. “Remembering, Acting, Forgetting: Tracing Collective Memory Through “A Jury of Peers”.” Communication Studies 54.4 (2003): 510-529 ProQuest Humanities Module Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, IL February 28. 2008