Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman written in 1892 is considered a piece of literature detailing a leading feminist view about a woman's place in a traditional marriage during that time period. Gilman herself was an intellectual voice and staunch supporter of women's rights in marriage. A woman and her husband rent a summer house, but what should be a restful getaway turns into a suffocating psychological battle. This chilling account of postpartum depression and a husband's controlling behavior in the guise of treatment will leave you breathless. The Yellow Wallpaper was not as much of a literary masterpiece but a landmark noting a woman's place in a marriage and what could occur to women following the birth of her children. More than one hundred years later, The Yellow Wallpaper is a still worthy study a textbook horror story to this day and age, and a story that leads to lively discussions.