Comparison Of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Women And Economics

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In this essay my intentions are to focus on Women and Economics by Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s and examine key arguments, strengths and weaknesses of the main points, Gilman’s background and how her work is significant in modern-day society. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born on 3rd July 1860 in Hartford, Connecticut. Women and Economics was her most famous non-fiction work and she also established a magazine in 1909 that enabled her to express her concepts on women's issues and on movement that targets to make a steady change in certain aspects of society. For example; marriage, motherhood, domestic industry, and racial improvement. (EDITORS, n.d.) The texts target audience seems to be aimed to women and how they are dependent on men, but also …show more content…

It was obligatory that women remained at home since their husbands saw them as housewives by doing chores such as sewing or doing washing for the family. It was seen that men belonged in the outside world working and socialising with friends in their spare time. (FORTIN) On the other hand, closer to the end of the 19th century it became more acceptable for women to take part in more social activities as long as they were seen acceptable by the men, but even though women were becoming more equal to men, they still continued with their roles of being mothers and wives at home. (SAILUS, n.d.) Unfortunately, in Great Britain there was no access to education for women apart from primary and secondary education. It was crucial that the wife had to always looks presentable for the husband and it was the wife’s job to provide her husband a happy home. On the other hand, women’s rights did begin to improve during the 19th century, for example, in 1869 women in Britain were permitted to vote in local elections and women were given more of an opportunity to better themselves and achieve more in life, for instance, graduating with a degree. (LAMBERT,

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