Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born on July 3, 1860 in Hartford, Connecticut. She grew up living a rough childhood. Her father, Frederick Beecher Perkins, left Charlotte's mother to raise their 2 children on her own. As a result, Gilman moved around a lot which caused her education to suffer greatly. In 1884 she married artist, Charles Stetson and they had a daughter named Kathrine. During their marriage , Gilman experienced severe depression and had to go through several treatments because of it. It is believed that these incidents influenced her short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper." Aside from being a writer, she was also a feminist who called for women to gain economic independence. In 1900 she got married for the second time to her cousin, George Gilman. They stayed together until George's death in 1934. The following year she was diagnosed with breast cancer and committed suicide on August 17, 1935.
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- "The Yellow Wallpaper" An Autobiography of Emotions by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
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