Mary Armfield Hill discusses her biography Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The Making of a Radical Feminist, 1860-1896. Hill speaks about Gilman’s ideas about social justice, her rejection of social Darwinism, and theories about women’s liberation. Hill reflects on her work as a biographer and the ways that Gilman’s work compares with Hill’s own feminist ideals.
At the time of this interview, Hill, a Fellow at the National Humanities Center (1981-82), was professor of history at Bucknell University.
This edition of Soundings was conducted by Wayne J. Pond.
