Eine junge Frau namens Ellador entdeckt unsere Welt. Was sie entdeckt, wie sie das findet und was sie darüber denkt, diese Geschichte erzählte die Philosophin und Schriftstellerin Charlotte Perkins 1916 in ihrem Fortsetzungsroman With her in Ourland. Sie beschreibt, wie Ellador zusammen mit ihrer ersten großen Liebe Van ihre Heimat Herland verlässt und sich auf den Weg in eine viel rauere Wirklichkeit macht.Mit With her in Ourland hat Gilman ihre 1915 erschienene Geschichte Herland weitergedacht. Und indem sie das matriarchale Herland mit dem patriarchalen Ourland konfrontiert, legt sie...

Leise Zweifel und der schmerzvolle Wunsch nach Gleichberechtigung; ein unbändiger Drang nach Selbstbestimmung und ein furchtloses Coming-out: Diese Box enthält vier schmale Bücher mit großer Sprengkraft. Vier Erzählungen von vier Frauen, die selbstbewusst allen Konventionen ihrer Zeit trotzten und dabei den Weg bereiteten für ein neues Schreiben, Les en, Denken und Handeln. Mit Themen und Figuren, die nichts an Aktualität verloren haben, zerlegten Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Selma Lagerlöf, Charlotte Perkins Gilman und Simone de Beauvoir eine von Männern geschaffene Weltordnung und...

Moving the Mountain is a feminist utopian novel. The book was one element in the major wave of utopian and dystopian literature that marked the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Perkins sends a man forward in time to a better world, but gives him deep difficulties in adjusting to it. Herland describes an isolated society composed entirely of women who reproduce via parthenogenesis. The result is an ideal social order, free of war, conflict and domination. The story is told from the perspective of Van Jennings, a student of sociology who, along with two friends, Terry O....

Moving the Mountain is the first book in Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman's well known trilogy. Moving Mountain delivers Gilman's program for reforming society. She concentrates on measures of rationality and efficiency that could be instituted in her own time, largely with greater social cooperation - equal education and treatment for girls and boys, day-care centers for working women, and other issues still relevant a century later. Herland is a utopian novel. The book describes an isolated society composed entirely of women who reproduce via parthenogenesis. The result is an ideal social...

Moving the Mountain is a feminist utopian novel. The book was one element in the major wave of utopian and dystopian literature that marked the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Perkins sends a man forward in time to a better world, but gives him deep difficulties in adjusting to it. Herland describes an isolated society composed entirely of women who reproduce via parthenogenesis. The result is an ideal social order, free of war, conflict and domination. The story is told from the perspective of Van Jennings, a student of sociology who, along with two friends, Terry O....

This novel is a written from a feminist point of view, but apparently seen through the eyes of a man aged 55 who has somehow been lost to the world for 30 years and comes back with a 25 year old's understanding. The novel explores many feminist ideas, including the balance of power in society and abortion rights. The author has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in America on account of her work for the feminist cause.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's collection of poetry offers a unique insight into the feminist perspective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her poems explore themes of gender inequality, the constraints of traditional domestic roles, and the struggle for autonomy. Through her lyrical and poignant style, Gilman advocates for social change and challenges the status quo. Her work is a standout example of feminist literature, highlighting the importance of women's voices in a male-dominated society. Gilman's poetry reflects her own experiences as a women's rights advocate and her belief in...