Women's Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper, Birdcage
14 Jul 2016
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A revision of an essay she wrote in 1993. Suggested need to expand current two-sex system to include at least five sexes. Transgender students and their campus allies are trying to convince colleges to include private bathrooms and showers. Transgender students are winning more accommodations at schools across the u. s. and canada. Transgender students are becoming increasingly open, and colleges and universities are taking notice. An american author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer. Published 7 autobiographies (better described as memoirs), 3 books of essay, and several books of poetry. Best known for her autobiography i know why the caged bird sings (1969) One of the first african-american women who were able to publicly discuss their personal lives. Up to that point, black female writers were marginalized and unable to present themselves as central characters in the literature they wrote. Caged bird helped increase black feminist writings in the 1970s.
