Editing Charlotte Perkins Gilman (section)

==="The Yellow Wallpaper"===
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[[File:The Yellow Wallpaper (1899 edition - cover).jpg|thumb|upright|right|[[The Yellow Wallpaper]], one of Gilman's most popular works, originally published in 1892, before her marriage to George Houghton Gilman.]]
In 1890, Gilman wrote her short story "The Yellow Wallpaper",<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pJGpDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT5 |page=Introduction 5 |year=2016 |isbn=9781410348029 |title=A Study Guide for Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "Herland"|last1=Gale |first1=Cengage Learning |publisher=Gale, Cengage Learning }}</ref> which is now the all-time best selling book of the [[Feminist Press]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.feministpress.org/books-n-z/the-yellow-wall-paper |access-date=August 26, 2018 |website=[[The Feminist Press]] |title=The Yellow Wall-paper}}</ref> She wrote it on June 6 and 7, 1890, in her home of Pasadena, and it was printed a year and a half later in the January 1892 issue of ''[[The New England Magazine]]''.<ref name="Britannica"/> Since its original printing, it has been anthologized in numerous collections of [[women's literature]], [[American literature]], and textbooks,<ref>Julie Bates Dock, ''Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-Paper" and the History of Its Publication and Reception.'' University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998; p. 6.</ref> though not always in its original form. For instance, many textbooks{{which|date=October 2024}} omit the phrase "in marriage" from a very important line in the beginning of story: "John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage." The reason for this omission is a mystery, as Gilman's views on marriage are made clear throughout the story.

The story is about a woman who suffers from mental illness after three months of being closeted in a room by her husband for the sake of her health. She becomes obsessed with the room's revolting yellow wallpaper. Gilman wrote this story to change people's minds about the role of women in society, illustrating how women's lack of autonomy is detrimental to their mental, emotional, and even physical wellbeing. This story was inspired by her treatment from her first husband.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.biography.com/people/charlotte-perkins-gilman-9311669#marriage-and-inspiration | title=Charlotte Perkins Gilman| date=October 26, 2021}}</ref> The narrator in the story must do as her husband (who is also her doctor) demands, although the treatment he prescribes contrasts directly with what she truly needs—mental stimulation and the freedom to escape the monotony of the room to which she is confined. "The Yellow Wallpaper" was essentially a response to the doctor (Dr. [[Silas Weir Mitchell (physician)|Silas Weir Mitchell]]) who had tried to cure her of her depression through a "[[rest cure]]" and who is mentioned in the story: "John says if I don’t pick up faster he shall send me to Weir Mitchell in the fall." She sent him a copy of the story.<ref>Dock, ''Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-Paper" and the History of Its Publication and Reception,'' pp. 23–24.</ref>