This situation the woman is supposedly in can have so many different reasons. We can ALWAYS take life into our own hands. She can change her path today. It's a lovely cake.

Unless there's a medical reason for her not being able to have children, there's no room to blame the men or the supposed ideological situation society was in during her lifetime. Even if there was, why to be life-shatteringly sad? She'd only be sad if she's overly attached to the idea of having children on her own. And then in that there's an important life lesson to be had. Self-responsibility, self-love is freedom. And in freedom there's space for joy, creativity, love.