WRITER

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

1860 - 1935

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman (; née Perkins; July 3, 1860 – August 17, 1935), also known by her first married name Charlotte Perkins Stetson, was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, early sociologist, advocate for social reform, and eugenicist. She was a utopian feminist and served as a role model for future generations of feminists because of her unorthodox concepts and lifestyle. Her works were primarily focused on gender, specifically gendered labor division in society, and the problem of male domination. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charlotte Perkins Gilman has received more than 1,493,395 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Charlotte Perkins Gilman is the 2,245th most popular writer (up from 2,446th in 2019), the 2,819th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,159th in 2019) and the 245th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Herland
Utopias, Fiction, Classic Literature
1979
The Yellow Wallpaper
Fiction, Married women, Mentally ill women
1899
Women and economics
Economic conditions, Social and moral questions, Social conditions
1898
The man-made world
Accessible book, Social and moral questions, Social conditions
1911
Our Androcentric Culture, or the Man-Made World
2001
Concerning children
Moral education, Child rearing, Children
1900

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Charlotte Perkins Gilman ranks 2,245 out of 7,302. Before her are Pentti Linkola, Rosika Schwimmer, Hendrik Conscience, Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, Johan Bojer, and Andreas Capellanus. After her are Silva Kaputikyan, Emmanuel Carrère, Jean d'Ormesson, Harlan Coben, Pjetër Bogdani, and Mukaghali Makatayev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Charlotte Perkins Gilman ranks 61. Before her are Walter Sickert, Christen C. Raunkiær, Sunanda Kumariratana, Sidney Paget, Lizzie Borden, and Annie Oakley. After her are Katō Takaaki, Simon Dubnow, Karel Kramář, William Bates, Paul Ulrich Villard, and Grandma Moses. Among people deceased in 1935, Charlotte Perkins Gilman ranks 57. Before her are Bernhard Schmidt, Edoardo Agnelli, Juan Vicente Gómez, Alexander von Linsingen, Meletius IV of Constantinople, and Louis de Beaufront. After her are Ruan Lingyu, Pavlos Kountouriotis, James Henry Breasted, Aleksandër Moisiu, Otto Schott, and Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charlotte Perkins Gilman ranks 2,819 out of 20,380. Before her are Eddie Eagan (1897), Lea Thompson (1961), Tate Donovan (1963), Ralph Macchio (1961), Don Bluth (1937), and Laurie Anderson (1947). After her are William A. Wellman (1896), Leonard Susskind (1940), Jason Miller (1939), Vic Morrow (1929), Edith Roosevelt (1861), and Robert H. Jackson (1892).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Charlotte Perkins Gilman ranks 245. Before her are E. L. Doctorow (1931), Alfred Bester (1913), Erich Segal (1937), Audre Lorde (1934), Joseph Heller (1923), and Wayne Dyer (1940). After her are Harlan Coben (1962), Edward Bunker (1933), Fritz Leiber (1910), John W. Campbell (1910), Robert Ressler (1937), and Harold Bloom (1930).

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