In addition to writing books, she produced a magazine of essays, fiction, opinion pieces, and poetry that spoke to women’s issues and social reform: seven volumes of The Forerunner were produced, running from 1909 to 1916. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935), a leading figure in the womens movement of the early twentieth century, is a pillar of the American feminist canon. This collection includes selections from both her fiction and nonfiction work. Her early-twentieth-century writings continue to inspire writers and activists today. Part of the Gibbs Smith Women's Voices series: A collection of literary voices written by, and for, extraordinary women-to encourage, challenge, and inspire.Ĭharlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) championed women’s rights in her prolific fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.ĭiscover three influential works by one of America’s first feminists in their unabridged form: the short story The Yellow Wallpaper, a haunting interpretation of postpartum depression the feminist utopian novel Herland and Women and Economics, which when published in 1898 established Gilman as a sociologist, philosopher, ethicist, and social critic, and is considered by many to be her greatest work.Ĭontinue your journey in the Women’s Voices series with Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte (ISBN: 978-1-4236-5099-7), The Feminist Papers, by Mary Wollstonecraft (ISBN: 978-1-4236-5097-3), Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, the complete poems of Emily Dickinson (ISBN: 978-1-4236-5098-0), and Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott (ISBN: 978-1-4236-5211-3).Ĭharlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) championed women’s rights in her prolific fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Known primarily for her classic and haunting story 'The Yellow Wallpaper,' Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an enormously influential American feminist and sociologist.

The yellow wallpaper and other writings