anÆs own decision to give up her child to be raised by another. As Carol Hurd Green (p. 172) maintains, ôHer decision to give over the care of her daughter to her first husband, Walter Stetson, and his second wife, CharlotteÆs good friend, Grace Channing, brought her widespread criticism and infamy as well as personal pain.ö
In Herland, we also see the influence of repression on women historically in evolving this society, as well as on the men whose upbringing or development has made them repress notions of female capability and power. We see this very clearly in the way that Gilman explores various concepts like gender in the novel, ones that are provided new insight and meaning. We see that Wilson (p. 280) notes what is not coincidence but might have been subconscious on GilmanÆs behalf with respect to her narrator,
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