Hence, through her two works, the writer's maturation journey as a feminist in time is discussed Whereas Herland, displaying the characteristics of a feminist work not only with the matriarchal society handled in the novel but also in terms of the phenomena such as maternity, fertility, and labor sharing featured in the novel, carries Gilman’s feminist struggle or rebellion to its peak. Thus, the story called The Yellow Wallpaper - although the protagonist’s struggle for freedom, who can also be called as the female narrator remains unresolved- constructs the basis of Gilman’s feminist rebellion. However, what is proposed here is that each constitutes a different part of Gilman's career as a feminist writer. It is no doubt that both of the writer's works are unique and significant in themselves separately. While the writer’s story called The Yellow Wallpaper and dated 1892, is thought to be the product of the writer’s first years as a feminist or a basis for her feminist journey her utopian novel Herland is considered to be the masterpiece or in other words, the peak of her feminist journey. In the study, the aim is to reveal that each of these two works constitutes a different part of Gilman’s maturation journey as a feminist writer, basically feminist theory, and besides, text-based and comparison methods are adopted accordingly. This study handles American woman writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s works called The Yellow Wallpaper and Herland as the products of Gilman’s feminist rebellion or as parts of her feminist journey contributing to it.
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