![]() “She argued in it that the major influence in our lives is the way we earn a living, a view built on classical economics… Gilman located the source of the subordination of women in the home, society’s most venerated institution. In it she asserts: ‘To speak broadly, the troubles of life as we find them are mainly traceable to the heart or the purse” (Kort, A to Z of Women Writers, 105-6). “One of America’s preeminent feminist writers and social reformers at the turn of the century, Charlotte Perkins Gilman stressed the importance of economic independence and equality for women in all spheres of life.” Publication of Women and Economics, Gilman’s “first and best known nonfiction work,” quickly established her international reputation and was “hailed as the bible of the women’s movement. In very good condition, contemporary name to the front free endpaper. ![]() Item Number: 84940įirst edition of this work which was hailed on publication by Jane Addams as “a masterpiece.” Octavo, original cloth. ![]() A Study of the Economic Relations between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution. ![]()
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