Expédition The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories of Liberation by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Charlotte Perkins Gilmans short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" is one of the key texts in American womens fiction and also a rallying cry for feminism. Since its original printing in 1892, it has been routinely anthologized in collections of womens literature, American literature, and textbooks. This volume gathers nine other equally momentous stories by a diverse group of renowned American women authors who changed the world with their compelling tales. These ten stories testify to the power of the imagination to create personal transformation and political change.Authors whose stories appear in this unique collection are:Charlotte Perkins GilmanDjuna BarnesKate ChopinSui Sin Far Zora Neale HurstonNella LarsenGertrude SteinElizabeth StoddardFrances Ellen Watkins HarperEdith Wharton

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was an American author of novels, short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. She was also a utopian feminist who gained fame and developed a social circle of like-minded activists and writers of the feminist movement as she lectured widely for social reform. She is most known today for her semi-autobiographical short story "The Yellow Wallpaper."