Charlotte Perkins Gilman Fights for Women's Rights in Her Famous Short Story "The Yellow Wallpaper"

Charlotte Perkins Gilman penned “The Yellow Wallpaper” at a time in history when women had much less power than they do today. The prevailing attitude in 1892, when the story was first published, emphasized the power of men over women in a variety of disciplines, including intellectual stamina. Gilman wrote a fictional story entitled “Dr. Clair’s Place” in 1915 expressing views using a female physician named Dr. Clair to oppose this assumed dominance. The widely spread belief in male superiority at the time “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “Dr. Clair’s Place” were published afford them the status of rebellious pieces challenging the power of men over women in late 19^th and early 20^th-century society.