Women and Economics is Gilman's most original and famous work of
nonfiction. In it she examines the origins of women's subordination
and its function in society. Woman, she argues, makes a living by
marriage - not by the work she does - and thus man becomes her
economic environment. As a consequence, her "female" attributes
dominate her "human" qualities because they determine her survival.
Gilman's thesis challenges both biological and theological
arguments about women's innate passivity and defies the virtual
exclusion of women in classical sociological theory. If women are
to fully engage in domestic and public life, Gilman contends that
their emancipation requires both economic participation and
adequate child care. Gilman's argument in this classic work
resonates today, as women continue their struggle to find a
meaningful independent identity and to balance work and family.
Here reprinted with a new introduction, Women and Economics belongs
on the same shelf as works by Betty Friedan, Simone de Beauvoir,
and other pioneering feminists.
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