Charlotte (Anna) Gilman - People, Companies, Things, Places, Other

Writer and social reformer, born in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Despite her ancestry in the well-known Beecher family, she experienced near-poverty after her mother was abandoned by her father, and was educated irregularly. During a 10-year marriage to Charles Stetson which ended in divorce (1894), she suffered a mental breakdown, described in thinly veiled fiction in her now classic story ‘The Yellow Wall-Paper’ (1892). During 1885–1900 she lived mostly in California or New York City, supporting herself by writing and editing, and by lecturing on various social issues. She also travelled to England, where she came to know the British Fabian group of Socialists. In 1898 she published her major work, Women and Economics (1898), which focused on the need for women to gain economic independence. In 1900 she married George Gilman of New York, and continued to write, edit her own magazine Forerunner (1909–16), and lecture, usually promoting her own rather advanced feminist views. Afflicted with cancer, she committed suicide in 1935.

Perkins may refer to:

People

Last or surname Perkins

Al Perkins, musician-guitarist Anthony Perkins, actor Bill Perkins, several well-known people Brian Perkins, anchor, newsreader on BBC Radio 4 - New Zealand Carl Perkins, musician Carl Christopher Perkins, politician, Kentucky Representative Carl Dewey Perkins (1912-1984), politician, Kentucky Representative Charles Perkins, Aboriginal activist Charles Callahan Perkins (1 March 1823 - 25 August 1886), author Don Perkins, football running-back - Dallas Cowboys Edward J. Perkins (1836-1899), commodore/captain United States Navy Gil Perkins, Australian film and television actor Jack Perkins, actor, television host Jacob Perkins (9 July 1766 - 8 July 1849), inventor: bank-note engraving, engravings transfer, bathometer, pleometer John Perkins, economist, activist, and author Kendrick Perkins, basketball player - Boston Celtics Kieren Perkins, Olympic gold medal swimmer Larry Perkins, Formula 1 race car driver Luther Perkins, backing guitarist for Johnny Cash Ma Perkins, fictional character, radio serial - 1933-to-1960 Marlin Perkins, ecologist and naturalist Maxwell Perkins, editor for F. United William Perkins (1558-1602), preacher, Elizabethan puritan The Comedian, also known as Perkins

First name Perkins

Perkins Bass, politician - New Hampshire U.S. Congress Representative

Companies

Perkins Bacon, printed first Penny Black postage stamps - 1840 Perkins Engines, manufacturer of industrial diesel engines) - Peterborough, UK Perkins Restaurant and Bakery

Things

Ships of the United States Navy: USS Perkins (DD-26) (destroyer) 1910-1935 USS Perkins (DD-377) (destroyer) 1936-1943 USS Perkins (DD-877 - DDR-877) (destroyer) 1945-1973 Perkins Brailler, machine used to write braille

Places

United States

Counties:

Perkins County, Nebraska Perkins County, South Dakota

Townships:

Perkins Township, Ohio (Erie County)

Towns:

Perkins, Maine (Penobscot County) Perkins, Missouri (Scott County) Perkins, Oklahoma (Payne County)

Other

Castlemaine Perkins, brewery - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Charlotte Perkins Gilman (July 3, 1860 - August 17, 1935), feminist writer George Perkins Marsh, diplomat, philologist, and environmentalist Kleiner Perkins Caufield &