Beste fur die 1892 Titelgeschichte dieser Sammlung bekannt, eine erschutternde Geschichte der Abstammung der Frau in den Wahnsinn, Charlotte Perkins Gilman schrieb mehr als 200 anderen Kurzgeschichten. Sieben ihrer besten sind hier abgedruckt . Geschrieben aus feministischer Perspektive, oft mit Schwerpunkt auf dem untergeordneten Status von Frauen in der Gesellschaft gewahrt, gehoren die Geschichten " gedreht," eine ironische Geschichte mit einer uberraschenden Wendung, in der ein Mann verfuhrt und impragniert eine naive Diener; " Cottagette," uber die Romantik eines jungen Kunstler und ein...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman-Selected Works By Charlotte Perkins Gilman

"Concerning Children" from Charlotte Perkins Gilman. American feminist, sociologist, novelist, writer of short stories and poetry (1860-1935).

"Herland" from Charlotte Perkins Gilman. American feminist, sociologist, novelist, writer of short stories and poetry (1860-1935).

"Our Androcentric Culture" from Charlotte Perkins Gilman. American feminist, sociologist, novelist, writer of short stories and poetry (1860-1935).

"The Crux" from Charlotte Perkins Gilman. American feminist, sociologist, novelist, writer of short stories and poetry (1860-1935).

"What Diantha Did" from Charlotte Perkins Gilman. American feminist, sociologist, novelist, writer of short stories and poetry (1860-1935).

Diantha Bell, a young woman who leaves her home and her fiance to start a housecleaning business. A resourceful heroine, Diantha quickly expands her business into an enterprise that includes a maid service, cooked food delivery service, restaurant, and hotel. By assigning a cash value to women's "invisible" work, providing a means for the well-being and moral uplift of working girls, and releasing middle- and leisure-class women from the burden of conventional domestic chores, Diantha proves to her family and community the benefits of professionalized housekeeping."

The story is told from the perspective of Vandyk "Van" Jennings, a student of sociology who, along with two friends (Terry O. Nicholson and Jeff Margrave), forms an expedition party to explore an area of uncharted land where it is rumored lives a society consisting entirely of women. The three friends do not entirely believe the rumors because they are unable to think of a way how human reproduction could occur without males. The men speculate about what a society of women would be like, each guessing differently based on the stereotype of women which he holds most dear: Jeff regarding women...