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American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer (1860–1935)

Also known as: Charlotte Anna Perkins Stetson Gilman, Charlotte P. Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, Charlotte Perkins Stetson, Шарлотта Перкинс Гилман, شارلوت بيركنز خيلمان

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Known works

The Yellow Wallpaper (1981)
Great American Short Stories
Great American Short Stories [34 stories]
The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (2001)
Women and economics (1898)