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This is the first 1,000 characters of 2234 words (8.94 pages) in the essay titled psy Within the last decade or so, Charlotte Perkins Gilman has been experiencing something of a renaissance. While this prominent turn-of-the-century intellectual leader languished in obscurity until Carl Degler resurrected her in the mid-1950 s, today there are two biographies, two collections of her writings, numerous literary criticisms; and The Yellow Wallpaper proclaims her feminist manifesto, not only in print but as adapted for Masterpiece Theater, the opera, and the ballet.l Why all the renewed interest in Gilman? According to Mary Hill and Ann Lane, the answers lie in the life experiences of a rather extraordinary woman who waged a lifelong battle against the restrictive patriarchal social codes for women in late nineteenth-century America. From this battle, Gilman developed a controversial conception of womanhood.Born in 1860, Gilman, a self-educated intellectual, dedicated her life to serving humanity. When her lover unexpectedly proposed, she was suddenly torn between work and marriage. After years of debating whether to marry or not to marry, she consented and to the best of her abilities assumed the traditional roles of wife and mother, only to suffer a debilitating nervous breakdown. When her treatment of total rest drove her close to insanity, she was cured by removing herself physically from her home, husband, and finally her child, and by engaging in and writing about the social movements of the day. Using her extraordinary life experiences as a female wi... |
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Keywords: charlotte perkins gilman, life experiences, patriarchal system, intellectual leader, masterpiece theater, womanhood, nervous breakdown, free thinker, lifelong battle, feminist manifesto, yellow wallpaper, extraordinary woman, new woman, literary criticisms, serving humanity, traditional roles, well educated, social movements