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Schlesinger Library Online Collection: Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library of Women in America at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is home to an impressive collection of documents related to Charlotte Perkins Gilman (b. 1860, d. 1935), noted public intellectual and author of The Yellow Wallpaper. The bulk of the collection, which includes personal letters, original manuscripts, diary entries, photographs, and much more, has recently been digitized to celebrate the sesquicentennial of Gilman's birth. From the landing page, readers may immediately Enter the collection or opt to Learn More about Gilman through a brief biographical essay. There are presently over 37,000 digitized items that promise to provide an intimate look at "Gilman's thinking about women's dress, housekeeping responsibility, domestic architecture, and the demand for equal rights." The site boasts a well-developed search function and users can create an account to add personalized tags or create digital folders as a way to save and organize items of interest.
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November 18th, 2016
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November 17th, 2016 at 12:34pm
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November 17th, 2016 at 3:28pm
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