Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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The labour of women in the house, certainly enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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Topic

Oppression of women Men and women

Author

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1898 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution. Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1898, ch. 1.

The people people choose for friends
Your common sense appall,
But the people people marry
Are the queerest folk of all.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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Topic

Judging others

Author

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Source

Queer People

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1899 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. Queer People. c. 1899.