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By: John Howard
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Born July 3, 1860 A famous sociologist, novelist, and author of short stories A utopian feminist Best known work is “The Yellow Wallpaper” Google Images
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Born in Hartford, Connecticut She taught herself to read Spent a lot of time with Harriet Beecher Stowe She read and studied by herself in the public libraries
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She suffered from post-partum depression She moved to California to participate in feminist organizations Married her first cousin Diagnosed with breast cancer Committed suicide on August 17, 1935
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Active in social reform in Pasadena Represented California in the Suffrage Convention Gained popularity when she lectured on Nationalism In 18900 she wrote fifteen essays, novellas, poems, and short stories One of the most forgotten feminist
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Set in a country house A series of journal entries Women suffers from postpartum depression Written to change peoples minds about the role of women in society A response to when a doctor tried to cure her of her depression
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An unknown protagonist Husband is a physician Husband prescribes the “rest cure” Forbids her from writing She links her nervousness to the wallpaper She studies the wallpaper throughout the day
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Protagonist begins to see a women in the wall Tries to rescue her and creeps around the room Becomes hopelessly insane Protagonist crawls over John and continues creeping around the room
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First published in the “New England Magazine” in January 1892 “The Atlantic Monthly” rejected the story Considered a psychological horror
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Written in a time of strict moral control of women Women confined to a home to perform domestic tasks Women had to be modest and pure Women shouldn’t read fiction or write
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See the end as freedom from a bad marriage The women in the wallpaper shows the protagonist the way
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The subordination of women in marriage Importance of self-expression The “resting cure”
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The journal Irony
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"Charlotte Perkins Gilman." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia. Web. 17 May 2011.. Jean, Shawn St. "Hanging "The Yellow Wall-Paper": Feminism and Textual Studies." JSTOR. Duke University. Web. 17 May 2011..
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Knight, Denise D. "Gale - Enter Product Login." GaleNet. Charles Scribner's Son. Web. 17 May 2011.. Lanser, Susan S. "Feminist Criticism, "The Yellow Wallpaper," and the Politics of Color in America."Jstor. Feminist Studies Inc., 1989. Web. 17 May 2011..
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Schilling, Beate. ""The Yellow Wallpaper": A Rediscovered "Realistic" Story." JSTOR. University of Illinois Press. Web. 17 May 2011..
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