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This paper aims to highlight the position of women's love as depicted in O Henry's short stories.O Henry has created stories about women based on his observations of women in their distinct places and eras. The women in their stories are either from the middle or lower classes. The aristocratic women are never shown by the author. Because the writer is from the middle class, he surely talks about the women's love he has encountered, been moved by, and fully understood in his own circles. Women are simple, alert, frank, cheerful, thankful, kindhearted, courteous, self-respecting, and gifted with many other good attributes in many of O.Henry's writings. It is not an exaggeration to say that he genuinely related with their concerns. His genuine pity for them was awoken by their agonies, misfortunes, and true testimonies of their hard fight, and his anecdotes paint a bleak picture of persecution and humiliation to which they were inhumanely subjected. He genuinely cared about their well-being. O.Henry's approach toward women is unquestionably decent and kind. In addition, he is a strong supporter of women's rights to the place and status they deserve in society. As a result, he emphasises the dignity of women by saying, "Holy is the wife; revered the mother."