Charlotte Perkins Gilman
1860 - 1935
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Born in Connecticut
Grew up in Rhode Island
Married Charles Stetson in 1883
One daughter 1884
Great niece of Harriet Beecher Stowe
moved to California 1890
speaker and lecturer 1890 - 1920
Wrote poems, short story's and magazine articles as well as books, fiction and nonfiction
The Yellow Wallpaper
1892
Women and Economics
1898 (used as college textbook in the 1920's and translated into 7 languages)
1900 married cousin George Houghton Gilman
Herland
1915
1909-1916 Editor and publisher of
The Forerunner
(her magazine)
Suffering from breast cancer she took her own life in 1935
Yellow Wallpaper home
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Cedar Crest College
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