there must be men.' Gilman's analyses of economic and women's issues are as incisive and relevant today as they were upon their original publication. Also included in a delightful excerpt from Gilman's utopian novel, Herland, an acidly funny tale about three American male explorers who stumble into an all-female society and begin their odyssey by insisting, 'This is a civilized country. The nonfiction selections are from Gilman's The Man-Made World: Our Androcentric Culture and her masterpiece, Women And Economics, which was translated into seven languages and established her international reputation as a theorist.

In addition to the title story, there are seven short stories collected here that combine humor, anger, and startling vision to suggest how women's 'place' in society should be changed to benefit all. This collection includes selections from both her fiction and nonfiction work. Her early-twentieth-century writings continue to inspire writers and activists today. At the end of her life, she wrote The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: An Autobiography.Known primarily for her classic and haunting story 'The Yellow Wallpaper,' Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an enormously influential American feminist and sociologist. From 1909 to 1916, she wrote much of and published The Forerunner, a monthly feminist magazine. Gilman was not often directly involved in the social movements of her time. Gilman was a much-sought after lecturer, and she continued to write, producing six nonfiction works, eight novels, nearly 200 short stories, hundreds of poems, plays and literally thousands of essays.

Gilman’s denunciation of the romanticization of domesticity as a goal for women was revolutionary. A bestseller, the book was translated into seven languages. In the book she makes clear that until women learn to be economically independent, true autonomy and equality could not be found. Gilman’s landmark work, Women and Economics, was written in 1898.

She demanded equal treatment for women as the best means to advance society’s progress. Called by Carrie Chapman Catt “the most original and challenging mind which the (women’s) movement produced,” Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a philosopher, theoretician, writer, educator and activist.

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