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Charlotte Perkins Gilman

シャーロット・パーキンス・ギルマン

Shārotto Pākinsu Giruman

別名: Charlotte Perkins Stetson

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1860-07-03 (Hartford, Connecticut)
死没
1935-08-17 (Pasadena, California) 75歳
国籍
American
言語
English
居住地歴
Hartford, Connecticut → Providence, Rhode Island → Pasadena, California → New York City → Norwich, Connecticut

経歴

職業
Writer, Magazine editor, Lecturer, Social reformer, Commercial artist
活動期間
1888年〜1935年
所属
National Women's Hall of Fame, American Sociological Association
所属団体
American Sociological Association
影響を受けた人物
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Catharine Beecher
影響を与えた人物
Future generations of feminists

学歴

Rhode Island School of Design
卒業年: 1878
国: United States

受賞歴

National Women's Hall of Fame
結果: inducted

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Yellow Wallpaper

1892年 Short story

A semi-autobiographical short story about a woman suffering from postpartum depression confined to a room by her husband, becoming obsessed with yellow wallpaper, symbolizing women's oppression.

Gender rolesWomen's mental healthOppression

Herland

1915年 Utopian novel

Three men discover a utopian society inhabited only by women who reproduce parthenogenetically.

FeminismUtopiaGender equality

Women and Economics

1898年 Non-fiction

A seminal feminist work arguing that women's economic dependence on men hinders social evolution.

Economic independenceGendered labor division

全著作

  • In This Our World (1893)
  • Women and Economics (1898)
  • The Home: Its Work and Influence (1903)
  • Herland (1915)

作風・主題

文体
SatiricalFeministUtopian
頻出モチーフ
Gender oppressionEconomic independenceSocial reform

健康

  • Postpartum depression
    1885年頃
    Worsened by rest cure, inspiring 'The Yellow Wallpaper'.
  • Breast cancer
    1932-1935
    Incurable; chose euthanasia via chloroform overdose.

評価・遺産

American utopian feminist writer who critiqued gender inequality and advocated social reform. Inducted into National Women's Hall of Fame.

資料所蔵先

  • Schlesinger Library, Harvard University

大衆文化への影響

  • 'The Yellow Wallpaper' is a feminist literature staple.

引用

  • There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex.
    出典: Women and Economics (1898年)

豆知識

  • From prominent Beecher family.
  • Single-handedly wrote and edited 'The Forerunner' magazine for 7 years.