In the article written in Time Magazine titled Mentally Disturbed or just being a new mom weighs the differences between today's treatment plans and those from the Victorian period (1837-1901) for the postpartum period. depression. The article explains the role that doctors played at the time in treating women in society who showed symptoms of depression. Doctors suggested that husbands give their wives rest and isolate her from others. Today's doctors have greater knowledge and understanding of the disease and prescribe medications to help treat it. It must be recognized that women play a different role in society today. A woman works, takes care of the children, the house and is also the wife/lover of her husband, but does so out of love for her chosen role in life. In the past, husbands had jobs, earned money, and had a role to play in social society. Therefore, the only role a woman was expected to play was that of a housewife. Therefore, when Gilman showed signs of mental breakdown, her husband John had to hide it from the world immediately. Women in the 19th century had the stereotype of possession and then of the individual