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Charlotte Perkins Charlotte Perkins Gilman Gilman “The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses.” -Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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“The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses.” -Charlotte Perkins Gilman
In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, horses and other animals had more rights than women and children, and this fact was reflected in the writings of many influential female writers of the time.
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a feminist journalist whose past experiences and current social conditions helped her produce many literary works that focused on the themes of social criticism and a call for change.
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Influence of her pastInfluence of her past
Parents separated Moved a lot
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Influence of her pastInfluence of her pastAbolitionist relativesIndependent women
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Social InfluencesSocial Influences
Civil WarIncreased rights for some
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Social InfluencesSocial Influences
Industrial RevolutionWomen’s Movement
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Themes reflected in her Themes reflected in her writingswritings
• Social criticism – treatment of wives
• Call for change – recognize as equal
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Themes reflected in her Themes reflected in her writingswritings
• Social criticism – unequal justice• Call for change – equal under the
law
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Themes reflected in her Themes reflected in her writingswritings
• Social criticism – gender roles• Call for change – sharing of
responsibilities
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THESISTHESISCharlotte Perkins Gilman was a feminist journalist whose past experiences and current social conditions helped her produce many literary works that focused on the themes of social criticism and a call for change.
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman devoted her life and her writings to continually arguing against social conventions that gave women less legal protection and less social standing than what was currently given to horses.
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Works CitedWorks CitedBeekman, Mary “Charlotte Perkins Gilman .” Women’s Intellectual Contributions to
the Study of Mind and Society. No date. Web. 23 Sept.
2012 <http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/gilman.html>.
"Domestic Goddess: Charlotte Perkins Gilman." Women as Writers . 23 Aug. 1999.
Web. 25 Sept. 2012
<http://www.womenwriters.net/gilman1.htm>.
Reuben, Paul P. "Chapter 6: Charlette Perkins Gilman." PAL: Perspectives in
American Literature- A Research and Reference Guide.
No Date. Web. 25. Sept 2012
<http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap6/gilma
n.html >.
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. “The Yellow Walpaper." Literature: An Introduction to
Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing: 6th Compact
Interactive ed. Eds. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia. Boston:
Longman, 2008. 314-7. Print
