Description: 1. Utopian Writing as "Cultural Work" Why Read Utopias What "Cultural Work" Is How Utopia Is Now Defined What This Study Discusses How This Book Evolved 2. Making Herself: A Biographical Exploration Early Years, 1860-1882 First Marriage, 1882-1891 Years of Seeking, 1891-1897 Years of Fruition, 1897-1917 Final Years, 1917-1935 3. "This Prancing Young Utopia" Beautiful Blocks: The Initiating Foundations, 1904-1910 Moving the Mountain: Previews of Herland, 1911-1913 From Herland to Ourland, 1915-1921 4. Writing to Empower Living Childhood Fantasies, circa 1870 Letters to Kate, 1895-1897 Correspondence with Ho, 1897-1900 Published Persona, 1890-1935 5. "Making Better People": Experiencing Gilman's Legacy Selections: 1. "Aunt Mary's Pie Plant," June 1908 2. "A Garden of Babies," June 1909 3. Chapter 7: "Heresy and Schism" from What Diantha Did, May 1910 4. "Her Housekeeper," January 1910 5. Chapter 9 from Mouing the Mountain, September and October 1911 6. "Her Memories," August 1912 7. "A Strange Land," August 1912 8. "Maidstone Comfort," September 1912 9. "Forsythe & Forsythe," January 1913 10. "Mrs. Hines' Money," April 1913 11. "Bee Wise," July 1913 12. "A Council of War," August 1913 13. Chapter 5: "A Unique History" from Herland, May 1915 14. Chapter 11 from With Her in Ourland, November 1916

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