Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Subtitle: a biography
By: Cynthia J. Davis
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 537
ISBN-13: 9780804738880; 9780804738897
Description: This is a biography of Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935): Beecher-descendent, zealous reformer, exhilarating lecturer, prolific writer, scandalous divorcee, "unnatural mother," international celebrity, and life-long controversialist. It offers the definitive account of this controversial writer and activist's long and eventful life. She launched her career as a lecturer, author, and reformer with the story for which she is best-known today, "The Yellow Wallpaper."--[book cover].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-513) and index.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings (1876); title: I'm not domestic and don't want to be (1877-1881); title: I am not the combining sort (1882-1884); title: A life with no beyond! (1884-1888); title: Begin new (1888-1891); title: The duty farthest (1891-1895); title: A woman-at-large (1895-1897); title: Living and loving (1897-1900); title: A cleared path (1900-1904); title: Readjustment (1904-1909); title: The forerunner (1909-1916); title: Begin again (1916-1922); title: A returned exile (1922-1934); title: The stepping off place (1934-1935); title: Postmortem.