Women's History Month: Week 2
- marthaengber
- 10h
- 1 min read
As soon as I thought about one of my favorite women in history — there are so many! — the poet, Emily Dickinson, came to mind.
She was born in 1830 in Amherst, MA, and had only 10 poems published, yet she wrote almost 1800. Nobody really knew about her passion until after she died and her sister found the poems. The sister had a collection published, but allowed the poems to be edited to fit popular fashion (bah humbug!). Only in 1955 did Thomas H. Johnson create The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson in which he returned her poems to their original intention.
But as a kid with a poetic soul, I remember reading one of her poem, and her observation about humans and our ridiculous side was so keen that she made me laugh. From then on, she and I were besties.
Who’s your favorite woman in history?
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SCATTERED LIGHT, a novel, sequel to WINTER LIGHT
THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGBIRD a historical novel
BLISS ROAD, a memoir
WINTER LIGHT, a novel, in paperback and audiobook
THE WIND THIEF, a novel
GROWING GREAT CHARACTERS, a resource for writers
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