Women and Economics

Startling in its observations and radical in its conclusions this classic of womens rights literature this work-by pioneering American feminist CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860-1935)-was a phenomenon when it was first published in 1898 and was eventually translated into in seven languages and reprinted around the world. From her characterization of women as virtual economic social and sexual slaves dependent on men for everything from food to friendship to protection to her call for women to free themselves from these shackles Women and Economics electrified Victorian readers. It remains a foundational work of feminist theory essential reading for anyone wishing to understand womens struggle for full and self-determined personhood.