A woman's Struggled Obsession for Universal Rights: "The Yellow Wallpaper", Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) developed a severe depression after the birth of her only child. Unfortunately, she was treated by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, who forbade her to write and prescribed only bed rest and quiet for recovery. Her condition only worsened and ultimately resulted in divorce. Upon first reading "The Yellow Wallpaper," we can see the relationship between the narrator and …showed first 75 words of 983 total…

…showed last 75 words of 983 total…the vicious circle of being ' mad' which is the effect of the cause of the repression by a dominant men' society, or the repression considered as effect of the madness which derived from repression, bring us to only one true thing: A woman's struggles for freedom! And as this women is placed to personify the suppressed women's rights in the world out there, that makes her a woman of significance in history and society.