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While being a major influence in the early years of the Feminist movement, Charlotte Perkins Gilman led a not so glamorous life. She suffered from depression, nervous breakdowns, cancer, and the isolation that many women suffered from during her era. One of her most famous works is "The Yellow Wallpaper", which depicts the typical female role in the 1890's – a role in which the female is considered to be subordinate to the male. It is a story about Jane, a woman who suffers from isolation, mental deterioration, and obsession. Readers get a glimpse into her life as she secretly keeps a journal of her stay at the remote house that her husband thought would be good for her. However, this was not the case. Due to the treatment of Jane by her husband, and the living situations that she endures, Jane's mental condition steadily decreases throughout the story. Jane becomes completely obsessed with the yellow wallpaper and its representation of her own "locked-up" life.
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