Women and Economics

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Women and Economics is an influential 1898 feminist treatise by Charlotte Perkins Gilman that analyzes the economic dependence of women and advocates for their financial and social independence.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
feminist treatise ⓘ
addresses middle-class women's roles ⓘ
advocatesFor economic independence of women ⓘ
social independence of women ⓘ
arguesThat collective or socialized childcare would benefit society ⓘ
economic structures reinforce gender inequality ⓘ
traditional marriage creates economic dependence for women ⓘ
unpaid domestic labor is economically valuable ⓘ
women should have access to paid work outside the home ⓘ
women's economic dependence is socially constructed ⓘ
author Charlotte Perkins Gilman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizes legal and social barriers to women's paid work ⓘ
the economic structure of the traditional family ⓘ
firstPublishedAs Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution ⓘ
linked to: Women and Economics
genre economic sociology ⓘ
feminist literature ⓘ
social theory ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasPerspective critique of domestic ideology ⓘ
materialist analysis of gender relations ⓘ
hasReception considered a classic of feminist thought ⓘ
widely discussed in women's studies and gender studies ⓘ
historicalPeriod Progressive Era ⓘ
influenced feminist economics ⓘ
second-wave feminism ⓘ
influencedBy progressive era reform ideas ⓘ
social Darwinism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTopic division of labor ⓘ
domestic labor ⓘ
feminism ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ
marriage and economics ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
women's economic dependence ⓘ
women's financial independence ⓘ
notableFor early analysis of unpaid housework ⓘ
influential role in early 20th-century feminism ⓘ
linking women's status to economic structures ⓘ
proposes greater economic autonomy for women ⓘ
reorganization of domestic labor ⓘ
publicationYear 1898 ⓘ
targetAudience general educated readership ⓘ
reformers and feminists ⓘ

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman → notableWork → Women and Economics ⓘ
Charlotte Perkins Gilman → wrote → Women and Economics ⓘ
Charlotte Perkins Gilman → notableWork → Women and Economics ⓘ
subject linked to: Charlotte Anna Perkins
Women and Economics → firstPublishedAs → Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution ⓘ
linked to: Women and Economics
The Home: Its Work and Influence → relatedWork → Women and Economics ⓘ
With Her in Ourland → relatedWork → Women and Economics ⓘ