Wells and Feminism
Gilman notes the influence of H. G. Wells in her Preface — but she also takes a sharp dig at him for his limited understanding of the feminist position.
- "That turbid freshet of an Englishman, Wells, who did so much to stir his generation, said, 'I am wholly feminist' — and he was! He saw women only as females and wanted them endowed as such. He was never able to see them as human beings and amply competent to take care of themselves."
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