Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" is a sad story about the cruelty that women faced in the late 1800's. The narrator is a married woman who wants to do something important with her life. However, she is limited by the restrictions of a male-dominated society. She is ignored and treated unkindly by her husband, leading to aggravation that is diagnosed as an "illness." She escapes her own reality as a way ... who prescribed total bed rest, confinement, and seclusion to treat a woman's "illness." Women in general were forced to hide their unique capabilities. Like Gilman, they ha...

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