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Charlotte Perkins Gilman Collection

An artist, philosopher, novelist, suffragist, and journalist, Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) worked against women's inequality inside and outside the home. She wrote about the social changes she deemed necessary to achieve gender equality.
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We're highlighting content on topics relating to anti-Black racism. See the newest entry, which explores how American racial inequality is rooted in policies of displacement, exclusion, and discrimination in urban and residential spaces.
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