Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a notable American novelist and short story writer. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1860/07/03 Charlotte Perkins is born in Hartford, Connecticut to Mary Perkins (formerly Mary Fitch Westcott) and Frederic Beecher Perkins. Born
1885/04/00 After the birth of her daughter Katharine Beecher Stetson, Charlotte Gilman sinks into a deep depression. Health
1887/00/00 During her 3rd year of suffering from a nervous breakdown, Gilman enters S Weir Mitchell's sanitarium in Philadelphia where she is treated with the rest cure. She is allowed 2 hours of intellectual life a day but is never to touch pen, brush or pencil. Health The Yellow Wallpaper (short story)
1888/00/00 Charlotte P Stetson separates from her husband and moves in with Dr William F Channing and family at 170 N Orange Grove Ave (lost) in Pasadena. Home Locale Fenyes Estate Pasadena, CA
1890/00/00 Charlotte Gilman writes "The Yellow Wallpaper" on June 6 and 7, in her rented cottage (lost) on the corner of Orange Grove Blvd and Arroyo Terrace in Pasadena, California. Author The Yellow Wallpaper (short story) Park Place-Arroyo Terrace Historic District Pasadena, CA
1892/00/00 "The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is published. Author The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories (short story collection)
1892/01/00 "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte P Gilman is published in The New England Magazine. Author The Yellow Wallpaper (short story)
1932/01/00 Charlotte Perkins Gilman is diagnosed with breast cancer. Health
1935/08/17 Charlotte Perkins Gilman commits suicide by taking an overdose of chloroform at her daughter's home at 239 S Catalina Ave, Pasadena. In a note, she calls it "justifiable suicide" and that she "chose chloroform over cancer". Died Gilman House Pasadena, CA

2 Creative Works by Charlotte Perkins Gilman »

Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories (short story collection) Author Short Story Collection 1892/00/00
The Yellow Wallpaper (short story) Author Short Story 1892/01/00
  • 1000 Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas

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