"The Yellow Wallpaper" and "Women and Economics"

As much as I see your point, I cannot agree with the argument that the narrator of "The Yellow Wallpaper" has some degree of independence. Although it is true that she writes when nobody else is at home, I view this very fact that she has to secretly do something she desires as a complete lack of independence. The narrator even mentions that she now finds writing tiring, not because of the very activity but because of all the hassle and hiding she has to do in order to write. Not having the power or right to do something one wishes at a place and time one desires is one of the furthest things from independence in my opinion.