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USING ASA CITATION STYLE

USING ASA CITATION STYLE. http://lib.trinity.edu/research/citing/asa%20style%20citations.pdf http://www.calstatela.edu/library/guides/3asa.pdf. Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

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USING ASA CITATION STYLE

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  1. USING ASA CITATION STYLE • http://lib.trinity.edu/research/citing/asa%20style%20citations.pdf • http://www.calstatela.edu/library/guides/3asa.pdf

  2. Charlotte Perkins Gilman The glory of our race is its power of communication. We share our strength and knowledge and rise as one; we share our failure and weakness and help each other bear it.“ Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "Our Place Today," 1891

  3. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)Famous American family • Aunt Harriet Beecher Stowe: Wrote 30 books (Uncle Tom’s Cabin) • Aunt Isabella: Active in the women's suffrage movement • Henry Ward Beecher: Active in abolitionist movement • Catharine Beecher: Founded many schools for young women & was a prolific author

  4. Marriage and Motherhood • Born in 1860 • Committed suicide in 1935 when cancer prevented her from working • Father abandoned her & her mother • Financial strain on them • Educated herself • Married Charles Walter Stetson, a painter • They had a daughter

  5. Marriage and Motherhood • Post-partum depression • Stay at home cure • Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper • Friendly divorce in 1894 • Daughter lived with father • Married G. Houghton Gilman in 1900

  6. Other Relationships & Influences • Jane Addams: • Both supported democracy & education for social improvement • Both rejected conflict & revolution for equality • Gillman disagreed with Addams’ focus on underprivileged & pathology • Gillman’s focus was all people in society

  7. Other Influences • George Bernard Shaw • British Fabian Socialist • An upper middle-class intellectual group • Sought social improvement through: • Education of a few powerful British government officials • Not revolution • Lead reforms from within government • Work within the social structure rather than building a new one

  8. Sidney & Beatrice Webb • Gilman was influenced by Webbs’ writings on the economy • Webbs’ views on non-revolutionary change • They were also Fabian Socialists

  9. Gilman’s Ideas • Democracy & education for social reform • Supported cooperative socialism • Emphasized education for all • Social reforms: • Child-rearing professionals • Meal preparation professionals

  10. Gilman’s Ideas • Views on Gender: Three Themes 1) Excellence of women’s values & abilities 2) Belief in biological & evolutionary origin of women’s superiorattributes 3) Socialist’s vision of political & social equality between men & women

  11. Gilman’s Views on Gender • Men & women born equal • Difference is socially created • Overemphasize women as: • Maternal • Sex objects

  12. Gilman’s Views on Gender • Society does not benefit from women’s other talents & qualities such as: • Cooperation • Peacefulness

  13. Gilman’s Ideas • Reform Darwinism • Social Darwinism combined: • Survival of the fittest with support for status quo, individualism, & capitalism • Reform Darwinism emphasized the evolution of cooperation and caring (not survival of fittest) • Cooperation is good for society & produces progress • Progress includes gender cooperation

  14. Gilman’s IdeasCultural Feminism • Historically women were equal or superior to men • Five stage theory of societal evolution 1. Asexuality to sexuality (appearance of males) 2. Males become superior in size & strength 3. Society changes from matriarchy to patriarchy 4. Monogamous mating 5. Eventually (future), women become free economically & socially

  15. Gilman’s IdeasSocialism: • Gillman agreed with Marx that work was basic • Women needed to be economically independent • More a critic of capitalism than proponent of socialism • Professionals should do parenting rather than amateurs • Food should be mass-produced in cooperative kitchens • Focus on collective & cooperative activity

  16. Gilman’s IdeasFunctionalism • Society is made of individual parts • Interrelated • Specialized functions • Society is based on cooperation

  17. Gilman’s Ideas Summary • Gillman wanted men & women to experience fulfillment • Possible to make society good • Society was cooperative, evolutionary, & could be reformed • Supported women’s right to vote • Writings encouraged people to change their behavior

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