Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote at a period when the terms of literature itself were being argued over.
The record lists Charlotte Perkins Gilman as American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer (1860–1935).
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born at Hartford in 1860. Her recorded nationality is United States.
The nineteenth century was the age of the serialised novel and mass literacy; writers reached audiences of a size never seen before.
She worked as poet, novelist and philosopher.
The writing is recorded in English.
Among her best-known works are The Yellow Wall Paper, Herland and Women and Economics. Books outlive their reviews, and the ones that last are seldom the ones that sold best.
That the work was written from United States matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman died in 1935, aged 75. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
Achievements
- Notable work: The Yellow Wall Paper
- Notable work: Herland
- Notable work: Women and Economics
