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Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an eminent American writer of non-fiction and short stories, novelist, feministsocial reformer, lecturer and commercial artist.
Born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1860, Charlotte Anne Perkins was related through her father Beecher to the famous Lyman Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher, Catherine Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Soon after she was born, young Charlotte’s father (an accomplished writer) abandoned her mother and left her to raise Charlotte and her older brother. Impoverished, and without means of support except for the infrequent appearances of her wayward husband, Charlotte’s mother spent time living with various family members in Rhode Island. She often left Charlotte in the care of her aunts – Catherine Beecher whose brand of “domestic feminism” would come to be seen as no better than domestic slavery by her niece; Isabella Beecher Hooker, whose suffragist activism inspired her neice; and Harriet Beecher Stower, the famous author of Uncle Tom's Cabin and champion of abolition whose failure to apply the same standards to the treatment of women would be corrected by the actions of her niece.
Charlotte’s mother did not show her children any affection in an effort to prepare them for what she perceived as the world’s callousness. She would, however, display signs of affection when she thought her daughter was sleeping and unaware of her mother’s attention. Young Charlotte was intelligent and taught herself to read through frequent trips to the public libraries. She attended public schools until she was fifteen and, though she impressed her teachers with the power of her mind, she failed to perform as a student. She was deeply interested in subjects which would later come to be identified with the emerging discipline of Sociology. Because the subjects that fired her interested the most were strictly the prevue of male scholars, however, Perkins chose to study art at the Rhode Island School of Design where she supported herself by making trade cards. During this time she also dabbled in painting and tutored young students.
At the age of 24, Charlotte reluctantly married Charles Stetson, an artist whose proposal she had initially declined. A year later they had a baby girl, named Katharine Beecher Stetson, and Charlotte began to suffer from depression. After three years of suffering, which a trip to Pasadena, CA did little to abate, Charlotte agreed to undergo the “rest” treatment being espoused by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, a leading physician of the day. The treatement included:
Following her husband’s death in 1934, Gilman returned to Pasadena to be with her daughter. An advocate of voluntary euthanasia, Gilman chose to end her own life with chloroform in 1935
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an eminent American writer of non-fiction and short stories, novelist, feministsocial reformer, lecturer and commercial artist.
Born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1860, Charlotte Anne Perkins was related through her father Beecher to the famous Lyman Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher, Catherine Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Soon after she was born, young Charlotte’s father (an accomplished writer) abandoned her mother and left her to raise Charlotte and her older brother. Impoverished, and without means of support except for the infrequent appearances of her wayward husband, Charlotte’s mother spent time living with various family members in Rhode Island. She often left Charlotte in the care of her aunts – Catherine Beecher whose brand of “domestic feminism” would come to be seen as no better than domestic slavery by her niece; Isabella Beecher Hooker, whose suffragist activism inspired her neice; and Harriet Beecher Stower, the famous author of Uncle Tom's Cabin and champion of abolition whose failure to apply the same standards to the treatment of women would be corrected by the actions of her niece.
Charlotte’s mother did not show her children any affection in an effort to prepare them for what she perceived as the world’s callousness. She would, however, display signs of affection when she thought her daughter was sleeping and unaware of her mother’s attention. Young Charlotte was intelligent and taught herself to read through frequent trips to the public libraries. She attended public schools until she was fifteen and, though she impressed her teachers with the power of her mind, she failed to perform as a student. She was deeply interested in subjects which would later come to be identified with the emerging discipline of Sociology. Because the subjects that fired her interested the most were strictly the prevue of male scholars, however, Perkins chose to study art at the Rhode Island School of Design where she supported herself by making trade cards. During this time she also dabbled in painting and tutored young students.
At the age of 24, Charlotte reluctantly married Charles Stetson, an artist whose proposal she had initially declined. A year later they had a baby girl, named Katharine Beecher Stetson, and Charlotte began to suffer from depression. After three years of suffering, which a trip to Pasadena, CA did little to abate, Charlotte agreed to undergo the “rest” treatment being espoused by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, a leading physician of the day. The treatement included:
Following her husband’s death in 1934, Gilman returned to Pasadena to be with her daughter. An advocate of voluntary euthanasia, Gilman chose to end her own life with chloroform in 1935
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