Herland Utopian Feminist Classic Author:Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman Utopian Feminist Classic! This account of a feminist utopia in which 3 male explorers stumble upon an all-female society became a must-read for early feminists. Extremely unconventional at the time - this fascinating & very captivating story describes a fascinating society of women discovered by three male explorers who are now forced to reex... more »amine their assumptions about women's roles in society. All three of the male characters learn that Herland greatly surpasses their own male-built civilization. It is void of poverty, war, and even garbage. At first, all three men are suspicious of Herland and its women; they expect a society wracked by chaos and disorder, since they believe that women are not intelligent, organized, or capable of surviving without men. Jeff, Van, and Terry, are used in the book to represent the world of men: imperfect, full of suffering, war, disease, and other terrible atrocities. Not just for feminists, Herland is an amazing Utopian novel.« less