Herland, whether of virtuous matrons or daring sisters, is not an option . . . . [ T ] he well-being and liberty of women cannot be separated from democracy's survival . " ( " Herland " was feminist utopian fiction by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in 1911, featuring a community entirely of women except for three men who seek it out, strong women in a matriarchal utopia expected to last for generations, although Charlotte Perkins Gilman was herself a feminist advocate of society being gender-integrated and of women's freedom .)
