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One of the leading intellectuals of first-wave feminism,
Charlotte Perkins Gilman [1860-1935] was a prolific
socialist writer and lecturer. Nearly forgotten in the years
following her death, she has been the subject of renewed
interest and appreciation in recent decades. Drawing from
her previous two-volume edition of The Diaries of
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, editor Denise D. Knight here
makes available a streamlined version of Gilman's extensive
personal diaries and journals, with representative
selections from various periods of her life.
Included in this single volume are entries written
between 1 January 1879 and 12 March 1935. These selections
illustrate Gilman's development from a restless,
high-spirited, and opinionated young woman to a mature,
internationally-known author and lecturer whose words
touched thousands as she worked to effect social change.
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"The Gilman we see in these diaries is spunky and
spirited, sensitive and smart, ordinary and extraordinary,
sometimes confident and determined, other times despondent
and confused. At last readers can see for themselves how one
of the foremothers of American feminism struggles with the
challenges of domesticity and independence, family and
friends, work and love."
-Shelley Fisher Fishkin, University of
Texas
"Denise D. Knight, in editing The Diaries of Charlotte
Perkins Gilman, has provided what, from now on, will be
an essential tool for all Gilman scholars: she has performed
an invaluable service."
-Utopian Studies
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