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Charlotte Perkins Gilman (née Perkins; July 3, 1860 – August 17, 1935), also known by her first married name Charlotte Perkins Stetson, was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, advocate for social reform, and eugenicist.[1]

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  1. 95 relations: Adeline Knapp, Adrian John Ebell, African Americans, American Journal of Sociology, American literature, Androcentrism, Ann J. Lane, Anxiety, Autobiographical novel, Bed rest, Benigna Machiavelli, Boston Evening Transcript, Breast cancer, Bristol, Rhode Island, Catharine Beecher, Charles Walter Stetson, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Chloroform, Commercial art, Darwinism, Depression (mood), Door-to-door, Ebell Society, Elaine Ryan Hedges, Encyclopædia Britannica, Eugenics, Euthanasia, Fatigue, Feminism, Feminism in the United States, Feminist movement, Feminist Press, First-wave feminism, Frederic Beecher Perkins, Gender, Gender role, Grace Ellery Channing, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Hartford, Connecticut, Herland (novel), Humanism, International Socialist Workers and Trade Union Congress, London 1896, Intracerebral hemorrhage, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Lecturer, Legal separation, Louisville Herald-Post, Mental health, Moving the Mountain (novel), National American Woman Suffrage Association, ... Expand index (45 more) »

  2. 1935 suicides
  3. Beecher family
  4. Drug-related suicides in California
  5. LGBT feminists
  6. Pacific Coast Women's Press Association
  7. Philosophers from Connecticut

Adeline Knapp

Adeline E. "Delle" Knapp (March 14, 1860 – June 6, 1909) was an American journalist, author, social activist, environmentalist and educator, who is today remembered largely for her relationship with Charlotte Perkins Gilman, which was likely romantic. Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Adeline Knapp are Pacific Coast Women's Press Association.

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Adrian John Ebell

Adrian John Ebell (September 20, 1840 – April 10, 1877) was a doctor, photographer, and proponent of women's education in the United States.

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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American Journal of Sociology

The American Journal of Sociology is a peer-reviewed bi-monthly academic journal that publishes original research and book reviews in the field of sociology and related social sciences.

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American literature

American literature is literature written or produced in the United States and in the colonies that preceded it.

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Androcentrism

Androcentrism (Ancient Greek, ἀνήρ, "man, male") is the practice, conscious or otherwise, of placing a masculine point of view at the center of one's world view, culture, and history, thereby culturally marginalizing femininity.

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Ann J. Lane

Ann J. Lane (1931–2013) was an American educator, historian, and author that was considered to be a pioneer in the fields of women’s history and women’s studies.

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Anxiety

Anxiety is an emotion which is characterised by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes feelings of dread over anticipated events.

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Autobiographical novel

An autobiographical novel, also known as a autobiographical fiction, fictional autobiography, or autobiographical fiction novel, is a type of novel which uses autofiction techniques, or the merging of autobiographical and fictive elements.

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Bed rest

Bed rest, also referred to as the rest-cure, is a medical treatment in which a person lies in bed for most of the time to try to cure an illness.

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Benigna Machiavelli

Benigna Machiavelli is a 1914 novel by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, featuring a young woman, evoking Niccolò Machiavelli, as she maneuvers through the restrictive society of early 19th century America.

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Boston Evening Transcript

The Boston Evening Transcript was a daily afternoon newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts, published for over a century from July 24, 1830, to April 30, 1941.

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Breast cancer

Breast cancer is a cancer that develops from breast tissue.

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Bristol, Rhode Island

Bristol is a town in Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States, as well as the county seat.

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Catharine Beecher

Catharine Esther Beecher (September 6, 1800 – May 12, 1878) was an American educator known for her forthright opinions on female education as well as her vehement support of the many benefits of the incorporation of kindergarten into children's education. Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Catharine Beecher are Beecher family.

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Charles Walter Stetson

Charles Walter Stetson (March 25, 1858 – July 21, 1911) was an American artist often described as a "colorist" for his rich use of color.

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (née Perkins; July 3, 1860 – August 17, 1935), also known by her first married name Charlotte Perkins Stetson, was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, advocate for social reform, and eugenicist. Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Charlotte Perkins Gilman are 1935 suicides, 19th-century American philosophers, 19th-century American short story writers, 20th-century American philosophers, American LGBT writers, American eugenicists, American feminist writers, American socialist feminists, American socialists, American suffragists, American women magazine editors, American women science fiction and fantasy writers, American women short story writers, American women sociologists, Beecher family, Drug-related suicides in California, LGBT feminists, national American Woman Suffrage Association activists, novelists from Connecticut, Pacific Coast Women's Press Association, Philosophers from Connecticut, utopian socialists and writers of Gothic fiction.

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Chloroform

Chloroform, or trichloromethane (often abbreviated as TCM), is an organochloride with the formula and a common solvent.

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Commercial art

Commercial art is the art of creative services, referring to art created for commercial purposes, primarily advertising.

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Darwinism

Darwinism is a theory of biological evolution developed by the English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) and others, stating that all species of organisms arise and develop through the natural selection of small, inherited variations that increase the individual's ability to compete, survive, and reproduce.

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Depression (mood)

Depression is a mental state of low mood and aversion to activity.

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Door-to-door

Door-to-door is a canvassing technique that is generally used for sales, marketing, advertising, evangelism or campaigning, in which the person or persons walk from the door of one house to the door of another, trying to sell or advertise a product or service to the general public or gather information.

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Ebell Society

The Ebell Society was a woman's club with its first chapter in Oakland, California.

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Elaine Ryan Hedges

Elaine Ryan Hedges (August 18, 1927 – June 5, 1997) was an American feminist who pioneered Women's Studies in the 1970s and advocated for curricula encompassing a more inclusive body of American literature which brought together works by ethnic and gendered minorities.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Eugenics

Eugenics is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population.

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Euthanasia

Euthanasia (from lit: label + label) is the practice of intentionally ending life to eliminate pain and suffering.

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Fatigue

Fatigue describes a state of tiredness (which is not sleepiness), exhaustion or loss of energy.

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Feminism

Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes.

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Feminism in the United States

Feminism is aimed at defining, establishing, and defending a state of equal political, economic, cultural, and social rights for women.

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Feminist movement

The feminist movement, also known as the women's movement, refers to a series of social movements and political campaigns for radical and liberal reforms on women's issues created by inequality between men and women.

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Feminist Press

The Feminist Press at CUNY is an American independent nonprofit literary publisher of the City University of New York, based in New York City.

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First-wave feminism

First-wave feminism was a period of feminist activity and thought that occurred during the 19th and early 20th century throughout the Western world.

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Frederic Beecher Perkins

Frederic Beecher Perkins (27 September 1828 – 27 January 1899) was an American editor, writer, and librarian. Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Frederic Beecher Perkins are Beecher family.

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Gender

Gender includes the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity.

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Gender role

A gender role, or sex role, is a set of socially accepted behaviors and attitudes deemed appropriate or desirable for individuals based on their sex.

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Grace Ellery Channing

Grace Ellery Channing (December 27, 1862 – April 3, 1937) was a writer and poet who published often in The Land of Sunshine.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist. Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Harriet Beecher Stowe are Beecher family and novelists from Connecticut.

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Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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Herland (novel)

Herland is a 1915 feminist utopian novel from 1915, written by American feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

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Humanism

Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential, and agency of human beings, whom it considers the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry.

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International Socialist Workers and Trade Union Congress, London 1896

The International Socialist Workers and Trade Union Congress held in London from July 26 to August 1, 1896 was the fourth congress of the Second International.

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Intracerebral hemorrhage

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as hemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain (i.e. the parenchyma), into its ventricles, or into both.

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Isabella Beecher Hooker

Isabella Beecher Hooker (February 22, 1822 – January 25, 1907) was a leader, lecturer and social activist in the American suffragist movement. Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Isabella Beecher Hooker are Beecher family.

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Lecturer

Lecturer is an academic rank within many universities, though the meaning of the term varies somewhat from country to country.

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Legal separation (sometimes judicial separation, separate maintenance, divorce, or divorce from bed-and-board) is a legal process by which a married couple may formalize a separation while remaining legally married.

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Louisville Herald-Post

The Louisville Herald-Post was a newspaper that was published in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Mental health

Mental health encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being, influencing cognition, perception, and behavior.

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Moving the Mountain (novel)

Moving the Mountain is a feminist utopian novel written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

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National American Woman Suffrage Association

The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was an organization formed on February 18, 1890, to advocate in favor of women's suffrage in the United States.

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National Women's Hall of Fame

The National Women's Hall of Fame (NWHF) is an American institution founded to honor and recognize women.

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Nationalist Clubs

Nationalist Clubs were an organized network of socialist political groups which emerged at the end of the 1880s in the United States of America in an effort to make real the ideas advanced by Edward Bellamy in his utopian novel Looking Backward. At least 165 Nationalist Clubs were formed by so-called "Bellamyites," who sought to remake the economy and society through the nationalization of industry.

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Natural philosophy

Natural philosophy or philosophy of nature (from Latin philosophia naturalis) is the philosophical study of physics, that is, nature and the physical universe.

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Non-fiction

Non-fiction (or nonfiction) is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to convey information only about the real world, rather than being grounded in imagination.

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Norwich, Connecticut

Norwich (also called "The Rose of New England") is a city in New London County, Connecticut, United States.

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Novelist

A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction.

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Old Stock Americans

The Old Stock (also called Pioneer Stock or Colonial Stock) is a colloquial name for Americans who are descended from the original settlers of the Thirteen Colonies, especially ones who have inherited last names from that era ("Old Stock families").

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Pacific Coast Women's Press Association

Pacific Coast Women's Press Association (PCWPA; September 27, 1890 - 1941) was a press organization for women located on the West Coast of the United States.

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Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, northeast of downtown Los Angeles.

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Patriarchy

Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of dominance and privilege are held by men.

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Posthumous publication

Posthumous publication refers to publishing of creative work after the creator's death.

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Postpartum depression

Postpartum depression (PPD), also called postnatal depression, is a mood disorder experienced after childbirth, which can affect men and women.

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Postpartum psychosis

Postpartum psychosis (PPP), also known as puerperal psychosis or peripartum psychosis, involves the abrupt onset of psychotic symptoms shortly following childbirth, typically within two weeks of delivery but less than 4 weeks postpartum.

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Private sphere

The private sphere is the complement or opposite to the public sphere.

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Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

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Public lecture

A public lecture (also known as an open lecture) is one means employed for educating the public in the arts and sciences.

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Reformism

Reformism is a trend advocating the reform of an existing system or institution – often a political or religious establishment – as opposed to its abolition and replacement via revolution.

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Reformism (historical)

Reformism is a type of social movement that aims to bring a social or also a political system closer to the community's ideal.

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Rhode Island School of Design

The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD, pronounced "Riz-D") is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Sensationalism

In journalism and mass media, sensationalism is a type of editorial tactic.

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Serial (literature)

In literature, a serial is a printing or publishing format by which a single larger work, often a work of narrative fiction, is published in smaller, sequential instalments.

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Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud (born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies seen as originating from conflicts in the psyche, through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it.

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Silas Weir Mitchell (physician)

Silas Weir Mitchell (February 15, 1829 – January 4, 1914) was an American physician, scientist, novelist, and poet.

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Slavery in the United States

The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States of America from its founding in 1776 until 1865, predominantly in the South.

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Suffrage

Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote).

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Suffragette

A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom.

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Suicide

Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.

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The Baltimore Sun

The Baltimore Sun is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in the U.S. state of Maryland and provides coverage of local, regional, national, and international news.

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The Buffalo News

The Buffalo News is the daily newspaper of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area, located in downtown Buffalo, New York.

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The New England Magazine

The New England Magazine was a monthly literary magazine published in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1884 to 1917.

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The Saturday Evening Post

The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine, currently published six times a year.

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The Yellow Wallpaper

"The Yellow Wallpaper" (original title: "The Yellow Wall-paper. A Story") is a short story by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine.

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Tomboy

Tomboy is a term used for girls or young women with masculine traits.

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Trade card

A trade card is a small card, similar to a visiting card, formerly distributed to advertise businesses.

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Treatise

A treatise is a formal and systematic written discourse on some subject concerned with investigating or exposing the principles of the subject and its conclusions.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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University of Rochester

The University of Rochester is a private research university in Rochester, New York, United States.

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Utopia

A utopia typically describes an imaginary community or society that possesses highly desirable or near-perfect qualities for its members.

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Victorian dress reform

Victorian dress reform was an objective of the Victorian dress reform movement (also known as the rational dress movement) of the middle and late Victorian era, led by various reformers who proposed, designed, and wore clothing considered more practical and comfortable than the fashions of the time.

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Wall Street

Wall Street is a street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.

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With Her in Ourland

With Her in Ourland: Sequel to Herland is a feminist novel and sociological commentary written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

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Women and Economics

Women and Economics – A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution is a book written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and published in 1898.

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Women's writing (literary category)

The academic discipline of women's writing is a discrete area of literary studies which is based on the notion that the experience of women, historically, has been shaped by their sex, and so women writers by definition are a group worthy of separate study: "Their texts emerge from and intervene in conditions usually very different from those which produced most writing by men." It is not a question of the subject matter or political stance of a particular author, but of her sex, i.e.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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Writer

A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain.

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See also

1935 suicides

Beecher family

LGBT feminists

Pacific Coast Women's Press Association

Philosophers from Connecticut

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Perkins_Gilman

Also known as C.P. Gilman, Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman, Charlotte Anna Perkins Stetson Gilman, Charlotte Gillman, Charlotte Gilman, Charlotte P. Gilman, Charlotte Perkins Stetson, Charlotte Stetson, Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, Gilmanian, His Religion and Hers, Perkins, Charlotte.

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