How can "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker and "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell be connected by themes?

Solidarity among women is one theme that occurs in both
Triffles and Everyday Use and it may be
symbolized by the use of the of the quilt.

In
Everyday Use the quilts were a symbol of family unity and
solidarity among the mothers and daughters of the family. These were heirlooms made by
struggling women from generation to generation, and they represented the struggles of
womanhood, the affinity of family, and the need for
identity.

When Dee came to her mother's house to claim the
quilts, it became a struggle, since they had been promised to Maggie, her less glamorous
sister. However, Maggie wanted the quilts as a way to remember her ancestors while Dee
just wanted to to display them as artifacts in her home. In the end, the mother bestowed
the quilts upon Maggie, because Maggie was willing to give them away just to maintain
the solidarity with the family.

In
Trifles, when Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters stay back with Minnie
making observations on the untidy state of the house, they realize that this woman who
once was happy and carefree and cheerful, has fallen into a deep state of depression,
oppression and despair. While their husbands checked for evidence to incriminate Minnie,
their wives were trying to hide it away: They knew that Minnie must have snapped and
killed her husband, yet, they also knew that kind of monster he
was.

Yet, as they see the dead canary in the cage, and
Minni's state of mind, they silently conclude that they have to stick together for
Minnie, even against her husbands authortity. In Trifles, the quilt
is one of the "trifles" that the men take for granted, but send a message to the
women: The stitching in it was "frantic and uneven", clearly a represenation of Minnie's
state of mind.

Therefore, female solidarity is a theme that
could be connected to both Triles and Everyday
Use.