Biographer

It is the biographer's task to research the short story's author, Charlotte Perkins Gilman. This research will include information about her family life, her interests and the important events that shaped her as a writer.

Before you do any research please print out the following handout. This is part of your grade so please be thorough and careful while you fill it out. You will also need it to finish your story.

Biographer Worksheet

Here are some sites where you can find biographical information on Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

This site contains an article that Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote for her magazine The Forerunner.
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~daniel/amlit/wallpaper/whywrote.html
Charlotte Perkins Gilman faced critics who thought her work was too disturbing.
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~daniel/amlit/wallpaper/scudderscomment.html
This site contains biographical information about the author.
http://www.teaching.com/webstock/center/text/webstock12.htm
Charlotte Perkins Gilman is considered one of the best female writers America has ever had. This site is concerned with her status as a female writer at the time she lived.
http://www.womenwriters.net/domesticgoddess/gilman1.html

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