George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin in 1856. Before becoming a playwright he wrote music and literary criticism. Shaw used his writing to attack social problems such as education, marriage, religion, government, health care, and class privilege. Shaw was particularly conscious of the exploitation of the working class. Mrs. Warren's Profession is a story about a young woman making decisions about her future. She learns about her mother's life and now must decide about her own way of life. Mrs. Warren's Profession," depicts the inequalities between the sexes.