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Charlotte Perkins Gilman

American Literature

Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman, also known by her first married name Charlotte Perkins Stetson, was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer and early sociologist, and an advocate for social reform. She was an early and leading figure in the women's rights movement in the United States. Her fiction and nonfiction argued for women's economic independence, and her short story The Yellow Wallpaper remains her most read work.

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Birth Year
1860 1
Death Year
1935 1
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Source Wikipedia: The Yellow Wallpaper
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1. Wikipedia: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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    was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, early sociologist, and advocate for social reform
  • Lead section, birth date
    July 3, 1860
  • Lead section, death date
    August 17, 1935), also known by her first married name Charlotte Perkins Stetson, was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, early sociologist, and advocate for social reform. She was an early and leading figure in the
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Wikipedia: The Yellow Wallpaper
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Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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