Gilman's views on women today

                 If Charlotte Perkins Gilman would be here to see how most women are today compared to how they were in the late 1800s and early 1900s, she would be happy.  Gilman always argued that women are subjugated by men, that motherhood should not preclude a woman from working outside the home, and that housekeeping, cooking, and child care, would be professionalized.  If she was to see that now there are many women that are in the working class and manage to attend to their husband and children while having a full time job she would be very proud.  Women employment has gone up tremendously since Gilman’s time.  Women today are not subject to what their husbands want, they have a say in what they want in life and won’t be punished for speaking out their opinions.  A few years after Gilman committed suicide; women slowly began getting bigger roles in society, and have had important positions.  Charlotte Perkin Gilman was a feminist and seeing all the changes in women roles today would have made her feel accomplished.