A Utah county attorney says he will not pursue criminal charges against this polygamous family made famous by a reality TV show. A federal judge is set to decide whether to allow a lawsuit to move forward that challenges the constitutionality of Utah's bigamy law. (AP Photo/TLC, Bryant Livingston, File)
For other uses, see Scarlet Letter (disambiguation). The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is an 1850 work of fiction in a historical setting, written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. The book is considered to be his masterwork.
âCharlotte Perkins Stetson (Gilman), from Hearing of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., January 28, 1896. Charlotte Perkins Gilman's story The Yellow Wall-paper was written during a time of great change. In the early- to mid-nineteenth century, domestic ideology positioned American middle class women as the spiritual and moral leaders of their home.