Can anyone help me understand and explain Linda Loman’s role in Death of a Salesman please?

[Decentdragon]

My open minded 16 year old son is asking deep and meaningful questions about her, especially her allowing /living with lies, and women and 'the American Dream' and getting answers from others about women and their motivation that I'm not comfortable with, but I?m struggling to answer them well. :(

I've googled but I'm not finding much that helps.

Are there people here who know the book and would be prepared to help offer opinions, or point me in the right direction please?

AliceWorld suggested googling including the word 'feminist'. I tried googling Henry Miller sexist and got some hits. I haven't had time to look into it, but there certainly seems to be some discussion around this, which would support the theory that Miller just wasn't that interested in developing his female characters.