In this episode we’re unearthing the legacy of a woman whose mind was once called the 'most original and challenging' of the entire women’s movement. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a philosopher, a sociologist, and a writer who dared to imagine a world where women were defined not by their domesticity, but by their economic independence.

Her short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper” is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature for its illustration of the attitudes towards the mental and physical health of women, specifically postpartum depression in the 19th century. It is also lauded as an excellent work of horror fiction.

The semi-autobiographical story is written as a collection of journal entries narrated in the first person. As the reader continues through the journal entries, they experience the writer's gradual descent into madness with nothing better to do than observe the peeling yellow wallpaper in her room.

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