Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was a pioneering sociologist,
feminist pragmatist, author, and lecturer. A skilled and perceptive
writer, she explained sociological concepts and principles clearly
and concisely to popular audiences. This volume presents a focused
and provocative set of Gilman's penetrating analyses of marriage,
motherhood, and family relationships. Generally unavailable, except
in archives and special libraries, the lion's share of the analyses
are drawn directly from Gilman's quintessentially unique
self-published journal, The Forerunner. Transcending her era,
Gilman speaks with wit, insight, and candor to twenty-first century
readers about many controversial aspects of family and family life.
She believes deeply that women's values regeneration, cooperation,
and compassion make for better societies. Men's values, she
concludes, are destructive, competitive, and often violent.
Families produce double standards and inequalities between husbands
and wives, resulting in inferior mothers and, as a direct
consequence, in substandard children. To improve society, Gilman
argues, we need healthy, happy children. This requires
well-trained, competent mothers, widespread social parenting, and
enlightened, non-patriarchal marriages. Largely self-taught, Gilman
supported herself through writing and lecturing. She was at one
time a settlement house leader and an active member of the American
Sociological Society. Her wide sociological circle included lasting
friendships with Jane Addams, Edward A. Ross, and Lester F. Ward.
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