Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quote

The original necessity for the ceaseless presence of the woman to maintain that altar fire — and it was an altar fire in very truth at one period — has passed with the means of prompt ignition; the matchbox has freed the housewife from that incessant service, but the feeling that women should stay at home is with us yet.


The Home (1903)


The original necessity for the ceaseless presence of the woman to maintain that altar fire — and it was an altar fire in very truth at one period...

The original necessity for the ceaseless presence of the woman to maintain that altar fire — and it was an altar fire in very truth at one period...

The original necessity for the ceaseless presence of the woman to maintain that altar fire — and it was an altar fire in very truth at one period...

The original necessity for the ceaseless presence of the woman to maintain that altar fire — and it was an altar fire in very truth at one period...