Allyson Browning

English

31 August, 06:57

How does Gilman's reasoning reflect her reaction to the social context in which she lived and wrote? Gilman was showing that "rest cures" prescribed by doctors really worked. Gilman was proving that without an education she wouldn't have recovered. Gilman was challenging the status quo, as many early feminists did. Gilman was challenging the idea that domestic life causes depression.