In all of this equality that Whitman was describing, one can see how men and women were still not on equal ground at the time of the poem. Whitman relates men to their job and work, yet the women seem to only be related to the men and are only very briefly mentioned near the end of the poem. Women are doing household chores, rather than labor, which they will be paid in money for. Their payment is instead the satisfaction of their accomplishments at home and what they can do for their home life.

It's also interesting that the men are the only people having a good time near the end of the day. The way Whitman describes...

The women are not included in this portion, but perhaps an inclusion of a man and a woman ending their night together happily after a long day of labor would have been a more complete concept for what Whitman was trying to say.
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Smith, Sara. Walt Whitman "I Hear America Singing." http://www.saresssmith.com/WaltWhitman.ppt

Hampson, Thomas, and Carla Maria Verdino Sullwold. IHAS Essay: I Hear America Singing. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/essay.html