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Charlotte Perkins-Gilman Courtesy The Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University |
The TMC Library will be hosting the NLM exhibition Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and The Yellow Wall-Paper from May 29 - July 9, 2011.
In the late 19th century, when women were beginning to challenge traditional ideas about gender that excluded them from political and intellectual life, medical and scientific experts drew on notions of female weakness to justify unequal treatment of women. Gilman, who was discouraged from pursuing a career supposedly to preserve her health, rejected these ideas in a terrifying short story. The famous tale served as an indictment of the medical profession and the social conventions restricting women's professional and creative opportunities.
This exhibition was developed and produced by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.
Detailed information about the exhibit and Library events, can be found at: http://www.library.tmc.edu/exhibit/
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