“A house does not need a wife any more than it needs a husband.”
Quote by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an American novelist, social reformer, and feminist. Her works explored the status of women in society, family, and career, and had a profound impact on women's literature and social movements. more
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“I have preferred chloroform to cancer”
Source: Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Her Progress Toward Utopia with Selected Writings
Source: The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: An Autobiography
“But reason has no power against feeling, and feeling older than history is no light matter.”
Source: The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: An Autobiography
“The female of genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her food supply.”
“And woman should stand beside man as the comrade of his soul, not the servant of his body.”
Source: Women and Economics - A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution: From the famous American writer, feminist, social reformer and a respected sociologist who holds an important place in feminist fiction, well-known for her stories The Yellow Wallpaper and Herland
“I cry at nothing, and cry most of the time.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Illustrated)
“There are no little things. "Little things," so called, are the hinges of the universe.”
Source: Ruth Hall and Other Writings