Bookish Charlotte Gilman, with the deft turn of phrase, and flamboyant Victoria Woodhull, shunning social convention: on the surface these are two very different women. But in fact, they were near-contemporaries who influenced important issues of their day and helped fuel dialog and debate about issues we are still discussing today.
Charlotte Gilman is an admirable figure because she was bravely out of sync with her time, and not afraid to explore women's issues in a way that few of her contemporaries were doing. Gilman grew up fairly isolated from others except for the company of her provocative aunts from the Beecher clan, such as Harriet Beecher Stowe who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin (Gilman 1972).
[...] Charlotte Gilman and Victoria Woodhull Bookish Charlotte Gilman, with the deft turn of phrase, and flamboyant Victoria Woodhull, shunning social convention: on the surface these are two very different women. But in fact, they were near-contemporaries who influenced important issues of their day and helped fuel dialog and debate about issues we are still discussing today. Charlotte Perkins Gilman Charlotte Gilman is an admirable figure because she was bravely out of sync with her time, and not afraid to explore women's issues in a way that few of her contemporaries were doing. [...]
[...] Likewise, her entrepreneurial success as publisher and stockbroker opened doors for women in career paths that are commonplace today. That women can vote today is due as much to efforts of Victoria Woodhull as it is to the more traditionally recognized leaders such as Susan Anthony. Conclusion Both Gilman and Woodhull were intellectually brilliant women who wrote and published and stirred conversation about sensitive topics. While Gilman focused her life on her literary efforts, Woodhull moved more onto the public stage, taking action in keeping with her beliefs. Both [...]
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