What Diantha Did

“Charlotte J. Rich has brought to light the complex history of Gilman’s insistence that housework be professionalized. In this compelling edition, we see how Gilman addressed the ‘servant question’ in light of national anxieties about race and ethnicity, class mobility, and sexual harassment. Terrific for American studies courses, What Diantha Did demonstrates Gilman’s belief that middle-class women could be saved by the invention of ‘kitchenless houses’ and professional housekeeping.”—Dale Bauer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign “Charlotte Perkins Gilman is an important figure in both literary and intellectual history, and it’s good to have this entertaining book back in print. It’s a fascinating example of the strengths and weaknesses of the lost tradition of ‘material feminism.’ Charlotte J. Rich frames the novel in its historical moment and makes it even more readable and valuable.”—June Howard, University of Michigan
"Charlotte J. Rich has brought to light the complex history of Gilman's insistence that housework be professionalized. In this compelling edition, we see how Gilman addressed the 'servant question' in light of national anxieties about race and ethnicity, class mobility, and sexual harassment. Terrific for American studies courses, What Diantha Did demonstrates Gilman's belief that middle-class women could be saved by the invention of 'kitchenless houses' and professional housekeeping."--Dale Bauer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign "Charlotte Perkins Gilman is an important figure in both literary and intellectual history, and it's good to have this entertaining book back in print. It's a fascinating example of the strengths and weaknesses of the lost tradition of 'material feminism.' Charlotte J. Rich frames the novel in its historical moment and makes it even more readable and valuable."--June Howard, University of Michigan

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was the author of novels, short stories, poems, and works of nonfiction. She is best known for "The Yellow Wall-Paper" (1892), "Women and Economics "(1898), and the novel "Herland" (1915). Her novel "The Crux" (1910) is also published by Duke University Press.Charlotte J. Rich is Associate Professor of English at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky. She is editor of "The Charlotte Perkins Gilman Newsletter."

"Charlotte Perkins Gilman is an important figure in both literary and intellectual history, and it's good to have this entertaining book back in print. It's a fascinating example of the strengths and weaknesses of the lost tradition of 'material feminism.' Charlotte J. Rich frames the novel in its historical moment and makes it even more readable and valuable."--June Howard, University of Michigan

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction / Charlotte J. Rich 1
Dedication to the Housewife 25
I. Handicapped 27
II. An Unnatural Daughter 37
III. Breakers 52
IV. A Crying Need 63
V. A Friend in Need 72
VI. The Cynosure 84
VII. Heresy and Schism 93
VIII. “Locked Inside” 104
IX. “Sleeping In 114
X. Union House 127
XI. The Power of the Screw 136
XII. Like a Banyan Tree 155
XIII. All This 169
XIV. And Heaven Beside 180

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The first novel from Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the author of "The Crux" and "The Yellow Wallpaper."