Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" is one of the key texts in American women's fiction and also a rallying cry for feminism. Since its original printing in 1892, it has been routinely anthologized in collections of women's literature, American literature, and textbooks. This volume gathers nine other equally momentous stories by a diverse group of renowned American women authors who changed the world with their compelling tales. These ten stories testify to the power of the imagination to create personal transformation and political change.

Authors whose stories appear in this unique collection are:
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Djuna Barnes
Kate Chopin
Sui Sin Far
Zora Neale Hurston
Nella Larsen
Gertrude Stein
Elizabeth Stoddard
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Edith Wharton