Women and Economics
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- Under 100
- First published
- 1898
- Pages
- 178
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 1898 treatise argues that women's economic dependence on men is not natural but a social arrangement, one that has warped both sexes and held back human progress. Because a woman's livelihood traditionally hinged on marriage rather than her own labor, Gilman contends, the household became an inefficient private workshop and women were pushed into a subordinate role. Her remedies were radical for the time: professional childcare, shared kitchens, and paid domestic work done by trained specialists, freeing women to earn and to contribute beyond the home. Widely translated and debated on publication, the book established Gilman as a leading theorist of the early feminist movement.
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Book facts
- Author
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- First published
- 1898
- Reading time
- About 5 hours
- Pages
- 178
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Sociology
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online