In the Awakening Chopin writes, "Even as a child she had lived her own small life all within herself. ... Charlotte Gilman was another famous feminist writer that faced many social changes. ... Gilman was married and had a daughter and after giving birth she had what we call postpartum depression. ... The wife is so controlled by her husband she says "I sometimes fancy that in my condition if I had less opposition and more society and stimulus "but John says the very worst thing I can do is think about my condition, and I confess it always makes me feel bad. ... The woman in the paper is ...

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