Moving the Mountain

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Moving the Mountain is a 1911 utopian novel by feminist writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman that imagines a future American society transformed by social reform, gender equality, and rational planning.

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instanceOf feminist literature
novel
addresses alcoholism
crime prevention
poverty
prostitution
author Charlotte Perkins Gilman NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts cooperative housekeeping
planned economy
reformed education system
reformed marriage customs
state-organized childcare
women in public life
firstPublishedIn The Forerunner NERFINISHED
form prose
genre feminist fiction
social science fiction
utopian fiction
hasPart 27 chapters
influencedBy first-wave feminism
progressive era reform ideas
intendedAs didactic utopia
language English
literaryMovement feminism
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor early depiction of a feminist utopian United States
plotSummary A man returns to the United States after decades abroad and discovers it transformed into a rationally organized, egalitarian society.
protagonist John Robertson NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1911
publisher Charlotte Perkins Gilman (self-published through The Forerunner) NERFINISHED
relatedWork Herland NERFINISHED
With Her in Ourland NERFINISHED
setting future United States
targetAudience general adult readership
theme collective welfare
economic reform
education reform
environmental planning
eugenics
gender equality
population control
public health
rational planning
social reform
women's rights
timePeriodOfComposition early 20th century

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote Moving the Mountain