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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, 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 1,411,286 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Charlotte Perkins Gilman is the 2,454th most popular writer (up from 2,557th in 2019), the 3,167th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,270th in 2019) and the 279th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Charlotte Perkins Gilman ranks 2,454 out of 5,755. Before her are Champfleury, Jovan Dučić, Tadeusz Różewicz, Han Suyin, Terry Eagleton, and Barbara von Krüdener. After her are Ada Negri, Uri Orlev, John Barth, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Savitri Devi, and Neil Simon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Charlotte Perkins Gilman ranks 63. Before her are Walter Sickert, William Bates, Charles Curtis, Simon Dubnow, Albert Kahn, and Katō Takaaki. After her are Paul Gustav Fischer, Carl Anton Larsen, Eugen Goldstein, Karel Kramář, Paul Ulrich Villard, and Joan Maragall. Among people deceased in 1935, Charlotte Perkins Gilman ranks 62. Before her are Meletius IV of Constantinople, Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Aleksandër Moisiu, Pavlos Kountouriotis, Alexander von Linsingen, and Yusuf Akçura. After her are Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Henri Pélissier, Georg Jensen, Louis de Beaufront, and Mack Swain.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charlotte Perkins Gilman ranks 3,167 out of 18,182. Before her are Barry Goldwater (1909), Chris O'Donnell (1970), John Krasinski (1979), James Hong (1929), Adam McKay (1968), and Katharine Houghton (1945). After her are Marty Friedman (1962), Julian Rotter (1916), Jackie Cooper (1922), Frank Beard (1949), Raymond Smullyan (1919), and Howard S. Becker (1928).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Charlotte Perkins Gilman ranks 279. Before her are William L. Shirer (1904), Winston Groom (1943), Charles Berlitz (1913), Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), Henry Darger (1892), and Paul Goodman (1911). After her are John Barth (1930), Neil Simon (1927), Jim Thompson (1906), Howard Fast (1914), Richard Wright (1908), and John Zerzan (1943).

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