Problem:
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's story "The Yellow Wall-paper" was written during a time of change. In the early- to mid-nineteenth century, "domestic ideology" positioned American middle class women as the spiritual and moral leaders of their home. Such "separate spheres" ideals suggested that a woman's place was in the private domain of the home, where she should carry out her prescribed roles of wife and mother. Men, on the other hand, would rule the public domain through work, politics, and economics. By the middle of the century, this way of thinking began to change with the introduction of the suffrage movement.
What was life like for some American women in the mid- to late-nineteenth century and early twentieth century?
To what extent did Gilman's work serve as a reflection and speak back to a woman's place in society during the time