The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Gilman, Charlotte Perkins Stetson

GILMAN, Charlotte Perkins Stetson, American lecturer and writer: b. Hartford, Conn., 1860. She is a daughter of Frederic Beecher and was married to G. H. Gilman in 1900. She is a prominent advocate of equality for women and has published &lsquo;Woman and Economies&rsquo; (1898); &lsquo;In This Our World,&rsquo; a book of verse (1898); &lsquo;The Yellow Wall Paper&rsquo; (1899); &lsquo;Concerning Children&rsquo; (1900); &lsquo;What Diantha Did&rsquo; (1910); &lsquo;The Man-Made World&rsquo; (1910); &lsquo;The Crux&rsquo; (1911); &lsquo;Moving the Mountain&rsquo; (1911).