After a long struggle to obtain certain rights, women did not obtain the right to vote until 1920. For many centuries, women Women have been controlled by men by being told what they can and cannot do. The story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is considered a feminist play through the words and actions of the narrator's husband, the environment she remained in, and the narrator's own words. The narrator's words play an important role in demonstrating that she is of the inferior sex. in society. Judith A. Allen states that "Gilman's first brush with madness, fictionalized in his famous short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper," did not result from a doctor's prescription for rest treatment, as the story might suggest it, but of the atrocious... sexual, economic and other miseries - of his first marriage” (Allen). The narrator notably shows that her husband was of a higher rank by saying, “There goes John, and I have to put that aside…he hates it when I write him a note” (Gilman 801). Writing in a journal shows her desire to express her thoughts, but if she does, she will be punished by her husband. SO...