If I Were a Man

1914
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
If I Were a Man
B-


The title is a bit misleading.  It sounds like it's going to be in first person, like When I Was a Witch.  And Mollie doesn't exactly become a man.  Her consciousness is submerged in that of her husband's, so she's reacting with double vision to his typical day.  An outright body switch story might've worked better, but Gilman does bring up some interesting points, including that women's hats are still as ridiculous as they were in the previous decade, and allows Mollie some empathy for men.