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Author Davis, Cynthia J., 1964-

Title Charlotte Perkins Gilman : a biography / Cynthia J. Davis.

Imprint Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2010.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  818.4 G42Bd 2010    ---  Axe Inventory 2024
Description xxvi, 537 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-513) and index.
Summary 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].
Contents New England : "Beginnings" (-1876) ; "I'm not domestic and don't want to be" (1877-1881) ; "I am not the combining sort" (1882-1884) ; "A life with no beyond!" (1884-1888) -- California : "Begin new" (1888-1891) ; "The duty farthest" (1891-1895) -- At large : "A woman-at-large" (1895-1897) ; "Living and loving" (1897-1900) -- New York : "A cleared path" (1900-1904) ; "Readjustment" (1904-1909) ; "The forerunner: (1909-1916) ; "Begin again" (1916-1922) -- Norwich : "A returned exile" (1922-1934) -- Pasadena : "The stepping off place" (1934-1935) -- Postmortem.
Subject Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935.
Women authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Feminists -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 9780804738897 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780804738880 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804738882 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804738890 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard No. 40017859840

 
    
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