Charlotte gilman perkins biography

(1860-1935)

Who Was Charlotte Perkins Gilman?

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born on July 3, 1860, in Hartford, Connecticut.

She published her best-known short story "The Yellow Wall-Paper" in 1892. One of her greatest works of non-fiction, Women and Economics, was published in 1898. Along with writing books, she established a magazine, The Forerunner, which was published from 1909 to 1916.

Charlotte gilman perkins biography

Gilman committed suicide on August 17, 1935, in Pasadena, California.

Early Life

Gilman was born on July 3, 1860, in Hartford, Connecticut. Gilman was a writer and social activist during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

She had a difficult childhood. Her father, Frederick Beecher Perkins was a relative of well-known and influential Beecher family, including the writer Harriet Beecher Stowe. But he abandoned the family, leaving Charlotte's mother to raise two children on her own.

Gilman moved around a lot as a result and her education suffered greatly f