Publisher's Synopsis
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a prominent American feminist, social activist, and writer. Gilman served as a role model for all the future feminists and female writers that followed her. Gilman is now best remembered for writing The Yellow Wallpaper, an influential short story, and Herland, a classic utopian novel. What Diantha Did, published in 1910, is Gilman's first novel. The action centers around the title character who leaves her fiance to start her own business.