Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes
It is the same woman, I know, for she is always creeping, and most women do not creep by daylight.
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. "The Yellow Wall-Paper." The New England Magazine, vol. 11, no. 5, Jan. 1892, p. 654.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, also known as Charlotte Perkins Stetson, her first married name, was a prominent American humanist, novelist, writer of short stories, poetry and nonfiction, and a lecturer for social reform. She was a utopian feminist and served as a role model for future generations of feminists because of her unorthodox concepts and lifestyle. She has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Her best remembered work today is her semi-autobiographical short story "The Yellow Wallpaper", which she wrote after a severe bout of postpartum psychosis.