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The novelist and social theorist Charlotte Perkins Gilman, whose writings were widely read and discussed in the early twentieth century, played an important role in the debate about the theories of Charles Darwin and their application to society. ████████ ██████ ██ █████████ ███ ███ ████████ █████ ██ ██████ █████████ ███ ███████ █████████████ ██████████ ███ █████ ██ ███████ █████████ ████ ██████ ████████ ███ ██████ █████ █████ ███████████████ ███

Intro topic · Novelist and social theorist Charlotte Gilman

Played important role in debate about application of Darwin's theories to society.

First group · One group of Social Darwinists believed social interactions are determined by competitive struggle

Second group · Another group of Social Darwinists believed change can emerge through collective action

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Gilman's perspective · Part of second group

Believed humans can redesign and mold our own societies.

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Elaborate on Gilman's perspective · Gilman believed humans are ethically obligated to engage in societally relevant work

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Gilman's actions · In her fiction and social theory, she urged women to work toward better society

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Gilman's goal · Wanted society to abandon gender-specific work roles and hierarchical relationships

She believed that these were necessary at one time in our societal evolution. But future progress would require a restoration of balance between masculine and feminine traits.

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industrialization

There’s no evidence Gilman had any view about industrialization and its role in social progress.

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fiction writing

Supported, because Gilman wrote fiction as part of her effort to further social evolution. This suggests she thinks fiction was something that could be helpful to social progress.

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international travel

There’s no evidence Gilman had any view about international travel and its role in social progress.

religious training

There’s no evidence Gilman had any view about religious training and its role in social progress.

combative personality traits

Actually Gilman thinks combative personality traits were no longer an instrument of social progress in her time.

22%

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