 Essentially, Gilman creates Herland's society to have women hold all the power, showing more equality in this world, alluding to changes she wanted to see in her lifetime.Gilman's feministic approach differs from "Herland" in "What Diantha Did".One character in this story, Diantha, breaks through the traditional expectation of women, showing Gilman’s desires for what a woman would be able to do in real-life society.