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Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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The Resume

    (July 3, 1860-August 17, 1935)
    Best known for her short story ‘The Yellow Wallpaper (1892)'
    Also wrote ‘Women and Economics (1898)' and ‘Herland (1915)'

Why she might be annoying:

    She had a lot of mental problems.
    She abandoned her husband and daughter.
    She eventually married her first cousin.
    She dropped out of art school.
    She was a racist who hated New York City because of the minorities.
    She was a ‘right to die' advocate, and committed suicide at the end of her life.
    She was a sloppy housekeeper.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was an early feminist.
    Her father abandoned their family.
    Her great aunt was Harriet Beecher Stowe.
    After she divorced her husband, he married her best friend.
    She developed breast cancer.
    Her horrifying story of insanity, ‘The Yellow Wallpaper,' is still read today.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 139 Votes: 62.59% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 20 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 135 Votes: 62.22% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 19 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 86 Votes: 79.07% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 53 Votes: 66.04% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 70 Votes: 52.86% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 37 Votes: 59.46% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 99 Votes: 52.53% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 176 Votes: 69.89% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 36 Votes: 69.44% Annoying