Charlotte Perkins Gilman
American
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a notable American novelist and short story writer. - AsNotedIn
Lineage
- Father Frederic Beecher Perkins
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a notable American novelist and short story writer. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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