The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born in Hartford,
Connecticut on July 3, 1860. From the day of her
birth, she was a woman ahead of her time. In 1890,
she wrote The Yellow Wallpaper a story about a
woman who was oppressed by her husband and her
illness. This, Gilman's most famous work, was written
from her own experience in life.
In 1884, Charlotte Perkins married Charles Walter
Stetson and had one daughter. Following the birth of
her daughter, she was greatly depressed and took a
therapeutic 3 month trip to California. Dr. Silas Weir
Mitchell was consulted in 1884 by Mr. Stetson to
treat his wife for what was then called hysteria. Dr.
Mitchell's treatment involved complete isolation and
the removal of anything that might cause "mental
stimulation," and so Charlotte spend her 3 months
isolated in a room in a large country estate,
estranged from her daughter and husband. Following
her divorce from her husband in 1894, Charlotte
Perkins Stetson became a committed......
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