The Yellow Wallpaper

Name: The Yellow Wallpaper
Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Short story of a woman driven to madness by confinement and patriarchal medical treatment

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a pioneering feminist writer whose novella The Yellow Wallpaper is a landmark study of feminine oppression and psychological breakdown. Her work blended social theory and fiction to advocate for women's economic independence.

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