1. Women’s Evolution from Economic Dependence: Reading Questions
What argument does she make to support the fact that there’s no “female mind”? [pg 391 aka 1st page]
How many women are in the workforce (“outside the unpaid labor of the home”)? [pg 392]
What 2 things does economic independence for women involve? [pg 394]
How does her position as head of the house need to change? How does her role as a mother need to change? [pg 394]
Does this change need to start in society or in the home? Why? [pg 395]
Ultimately, why does Gilman claim that women needed more than just the right of suffrage?