Unit Ⅰ Rebecca Harding Davis (1831-1910 ) Ⅰ.Brief Introduction to the Author Ⅱ.Selected Reading 1.The Wife's Story 2.Life in the Iron Mills Unit Ⅱ Kate Chopin (1851-1904) Ⅰ.Brief Introduction to the Author Ⅱ.Selected Reading 1.The Story of an Hour 2.A Respectable Woman 3.Desiree's Baby Unit Ⅲ Mary E.Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930) Ⅰ.Brief Introduction to the Author Ⅱ.Selected Reading 1.A New England Nun 2.The Revolt of \Mother\ Unit Ⅳ Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) Ⅰ.Brief Introduction to the Author Ⅱ.Selected Reading 1.The Giant Wistaria 2.The Yellow Wall-Paper Unit Ⅴ Edith Wharton (1862-1937) Ⅰ.Brief Introduction to the Author Ⅱ.Selected Reading 1.Mrs.Manstey's View 2.The Verdict Unit Ⅵ Willa Cather (1873-1947) Ⅰ.Brief Introduction to the Author Ⅱ.Selected Reading 1.Tommy, the Unsentimental 2.Flavia and Her Artists Unit Ⅶ Joyce Carol Oates (1938- ) Ⅰ.Brief Introduction to the Author Ⅱ.Selected Reading 1.Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? 2.How I Contemplated the form from the Detroit House of Correction and Begin My Life Over Again Unit Ⅷ Alice Walker (1944-) Ⅰ.Brief Introduction to the Author Ⅱ.Selected Reading 1.Roselily 2.Everyday Use