Two excellent stories by American women in the late 19th century

One reason I sometimes support being "forced" to learn things--precondition being that one has gone into this with eyes open, such as my decision to finally get myself to college--is that one is subjected to ideas, knowledge and resources one may not have pursued on one's own.  I'm on my last year of general ed, and I find that I've benefited profoundly from literary, historical, and philosophical knowledge I might have missed out on if I'd been able to leap right into upper division science courses.

These short stories are awesome! very psychologically intricate, the first closing on possibly the most ironic line I've ever read, the second seeming to flirt with what I'd almost call Lovecraftian descriptions in terms of the creepy wallpaper.  Apparently both have film adaptations, which I want to get my hands on and watch and then rant about plot and character butchery.

"The Story of an Hour," Kate Chopin, 1894.

"The Yellow Wallpaper," Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1892.
  She sounds fascinating!  "Why I Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper.'  The Forerunner. 1913.
  (Trivia of personal note: her first husband's second wife was Grace Ellery Channing, the granddaughter of William Ellery Channing, a fellow referenced a good deal in my quasi-religious community.)