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Did you know?She was a great-niece of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the famous author of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman (née Perkins; July 3, 1860 – August 17, 1935), also known by her first married name Charlotte Perkins Stetson, was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, early sociologist, and advocate for social reform.

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Age at death: 75
Years since death: 91

Born: July 3, 1860 · Hartford, United States
Died: August 17, 1935
Nationality: American
Known for: Literature, Art, Activism

Family

Father: Frederic Beecher Perkins
Mother: Mary Ann Fitch Westcott
Spouses: Charles Walter Stetson, George Houghton Gilman

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