TY - BOOK AU - Hakima Imaankaf PY - 2014 CY - München, Germany PB - GRIN Verlag SN - 9783656716891 TI - Social and medical attitudes toward women in the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman UR - https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/278949 N2 - Showing how women in the 19th century were suppressed and underestimated by men as well as the rising emancipation will be the main aim of this term paper. Therefore, it will contain explanations and determines of the social and medical attitude towards women in the 19th century in reference to Charlotte Perkins Gilman´s short story "The Yellow Wallpaper". KW - Emanzipation, American Literature, The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Gender Roles, 19th Century, Treatment of Women, Social and Medical Attitudes LA - English ER -