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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The Making of a Radical Feminist, 1860-1896
Book by Hill, Mary A.
- GenresBiography
362 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 1980
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May 12, 2024
What a vivid picture of Charlotte, Mary paints. The writings and quotes she selected wonderfully compliments they summary of Charlotte's life up until 1896, age 36.
Important historical setting to her writings was explained in as much detail as needed to add needed context to her pov and development as a human into the influential feminist advocate rebel she became.
This was quite entertaining as Charlotte did possess a spunky personality, and it didn't shy away from the great faults of her being and work as well. Charlotte was not very intersectional whatsoever and seemed to lose those progressive beliefs further over time as well, failing to challenge her and societies racist, ethnocentic beliefs. The hypocrisy in her liberal ideas, as well as her anger with others' similar hypocrisy, shows the consistent battle she waged against herself. Her relatable struggle with women's issues in the late 1800s society against her unrelateable disconnection with populations outside of middle-class white issues.
Major themes in her life: passion, duty, guilt, martyrdom, flaws in interpersonal relations, inconsistency in supporting marginalized groups, defensively angry and self-isolating, fits of strong emotion, undying responsibility to serve the parts of the larger society by sacrificing issues most personal in her life, working through chronic disabling illness, fiercely independent, yet desperately seeking compassionate intimate love through mainly women relationships.
Important historical setting to her writings was explained in as much detail as needed to add needed context to her pov and development as a human into the influential feminist advocate rebel she became.
This was quite entertaining as Charlotte did possess a spunky personality, and it didn't shy away from the great faults of her being and work as well. Charlotte was not very intersectional whatsoever and seemed to lose those progressive beliefs further over time as well, failing to challenge her and societies racist, ethnocentic beliefs. The hypocrisy in her liberal ideas, as well as her anger with others' similar hypocrisy, shows the consistent battle she waged against herself. Her relatable struggle with women's issues in the late 1800s society against her unrelateable disconnection with populations outside of middle-class white issues.
Major themes in her life: passion, duty, guilt, martyrdom, flaws in interpersonal relations, inconsistency in supporting marginalized groups, defensively angry and self-isolating, fits of strong emotion, undying responsibility to serve the parts of the larger society by sacrificing issues most personal in her life, working through chronic disabling illness, fiercely independent, yet desperately seeking compassionate intimate love through mainly women relationships.
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