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Rhode Island School of Design
She was able to attend with the funds of her absent father. She worked as a tutor as well was an artist of trading cards. She was also a painter -
Married Charles Stetson
Charlotte initailly rejected Charles proposal because of a "gut feeling". . .If only she had listened to her gut the second time. -
Katherine Stetson Born (Daughter)
Suffered extreme post-partum depression and underwent "rest cure" -
Separated from Charles Stetson
Now this was a rare occurrence at the time. Most couples simply submitted to the life partner they had chosen. -
Officially divorced from Charles Stetson
This is also when Charlotte sent Katherine to live with her ex-husband in California. -
Married George Houghton Gilman
After moving back East she looked up her cousin George Houghton Gilman and the slowly began to fall for one another. -
Discovered She Had Inoperable Breast Cancer
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George Gilman Dies
Her beloved husband died quite unexpectedly. Following his death she returned to California to be with her daughter. -
Charlotte Perkins Gilman Dies
Charlotte who was an advocate for euthanasia for the terminally ill and eventually took her own life by overdosing on chloroform.
