Chapter 10 Their Religions And Our Marriages : * "Herland", by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman, [1909], CHAPTER 10 THEIR RELIGIONS AND OUR MARRIAGES It took me a long time, as a man, a foreigner, and a species of Christian--I was that as much as anything--to get any clear understanding of the religion of Herland. Its deification of motherhood...
Chapter 5 A Unique History : * "Herland", by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman, [1909], CHAPTER 5 A UNIQUE HISTORY It is no use for me to try to piece out this account with adventures. If the people who read it are not interested in these amazing women and their history, they will not be interested at all. As for us--three...
Chapter 7. Our Growing Modesty : * "Herland", by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman, [1909], CHAPTER 7 OUR GROWING MODESTY Being at last considered sufficiently tamed and trained to be trusted with scissors, we barbered ourselves as best we could. A close-trimmed beard is certainly more comfortable than a full one. Razors...
Chapter 3 A Peculiar Imprisonment : * "Herland", by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman, [1909], CHAPTER 3 A PECULIAR IMPRISONMENT From a slumber as deep as death, as refreshing as that of a healthy child, I slowly awakened. It was like rising up, up, up through a deep warm ocean, nearer and nearer to full light and stirring air...
Chapter 1. A Not Unnatural Enterprise : * "Herland", by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman, [1909], CHAPTER 1 A NOT UNNATURAL ENTERPRISE This is written from memory, unfortunately. If I could have brought with me the material I so carefully prepared, this would be a very different story. Whole books full of notes, carefully copied records...
Chapter 2 Rash Advances : * "Herland", by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman, [1909], CHAPTER 2 RASH ADVANCES Not more than ten or fifteen miles we judged it from our landing rock to that last village. For all our eagerness we thought it wise to keep to the woods and go carefully. Even Terry's ardor was held in check by his...
Title Page : * "Herland", by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman, [1909], HERLAND BY CHARLOTTE PERKINS STETSON GILMAN Originally Published In "Forerunner" (New York, N.Y.: 1909). Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1915)-v. 6, No. 12 (Dec. 1915) [1909]
Chapter 8. The Girls Of Herland : * "Herland", by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman, [1909], CHAPTER 8 THE GIRLS OF HERLAND At last Terry's ambition was realized. We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls. I remember the first time--and how careful we...
Chapter 12 Expelled : * "Herland", by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman, [1909], CHAPTER 12 EXPELLED We had all meant to go home again. Indeed we had NOT meant --not by any means--to stay as long as we had. But when it came to being turned out, dismissed, sent away for bad conduct, we none of us really liked it. Terry...
Chapter 9. Our Relations And Theirs : * "Herland", by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman, [1909], CHAPTER 9 OUR RELATIONS AND THEIRS What I'm trying to show here is that with these women the whole relationship of life counted in a glad, eager growing-up to join the ranks of workers in the line best loved; a deep, tender reverence...
Chapter 4. Our Venture : * "Herland", by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman, [1909], CHAPTER 4 OUR VENTURE We were standing on a narrow, irregular, all too slanting little ledge, and should doubtless have ignominiously slipped off and broken our rash necks but for the vine. This was a thick-leaved, wide-spreading thing...
Chapter 6. Comparisons Are Odious : * "Herland", by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman, [1909], CHAPTER 6 COMPARISONS ARE ODIOUS I had always been proud of my country, of course. Everyone is. Compared with the other lands and other races I knew, the United States of America had always seemed to me, speaking modestly, as good...
Chapter 11. Our Difficulties : * "Herland", by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman, [1909], CHAPTER 11 OUR DIFFICULTIES We say, "Marriage is a lottery"; also "Marriages are made in Heaven"--but this is not so widely accepted as the other. We have a well-founded theory that it is best to marry "in one's class," and cert...
