Poems of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1898.

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Poems of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1898.

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Collection consists of photocopies of three manuscript poems composed by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and biologist Francis Bertody Sumner during the summer of 1898 at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York. Topics concern a kingfisher, John D. Jones (donor of the laboratory's land and buildings), and the feminine and masculine minds. At the time Gilman used the name Charlotte Perkins Stetson.

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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935

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Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman (1860-1935) was the leading public intellectual of the women’s movement in the early 20th century. Born into the prestigious Beecher family, she struggled through a lonely childhood and disastrous marriage, which caused a nervous breakdown. Her mental health returned once she separated from her husband; she later gave him custody of their young daughter, and he had a happy second marriage to one of her close friends. She moved to California, and threw herself int...

Sumner, Francis B. (Francis Bertody), 1874-1945

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