Charlotte Perkins Gilman Biography, Age, Weight, Height, Friend, Like, Affairs, Favourite, Birthdate & Other

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a prominent American novelist, feminist and sociologist. Her best-known work today is her semi-autobiography, The Yellow Wallpaper. Through this particular work and many more of her works, she became an inspiration and a role model for the next generation of feminists who were in awe of her avant-garde concepts and lifestyle.

Some of her other greatest works of non-fiction include, Women and Economics and the magazine, The Forerunner. She believed that women needed to have strong financial independence during their lifetime. She was also an avid proponent of the womens suffrage movement and worked a great deal throughout her lifetime so that women received the status that she believed they deserved.

Throughout her illustrious career, she produced a number of highly celebrated fiction and non-fictional works and also wrote a number of poems, essays and critiques, which are still studied today in modern times. Many of her works went on to become instant best-sellers and she was lauded internationally for her never-say-die spirit and her perseverance. Towards the end of her life, she suffered from cancer and then ended her life because she was terminally ill.