Because this story took place in a time where women and men weren't equal. So people would often identify women using their husbands last name.
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The Yellow Wallpaper. The Yellow Wallpaper, short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, published in New England Magazine in May 1892 and in book form in 1899. The Yellow Wallpaper, initially interpreted as a Gothic horror tale, was considered the best as well as the least-characteristic work of fiction by Gilman.
A message or insight recognized in many cultures is a universal theme.
