Lauren's+book+report+(March)

Name: Lauren Danko Date: 3/12 Reading Mr. Jacobson

=Biography of a Famous Woman=


 * Directions: Each section must be 1 paragraph!**

I chose to research Emily Dickinson___, because I love to write. Writing is one of my absolute favorite hobbies. Her pieces give me inspirision when I write stories. Also, I thought she was a intresting woman. She had many mysteries, What encouraged Emily to write? What made her become so private and retreat from the world?__

__This famous women was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. Amherst, in the 1830s, was a small but lively town. The homestead, was where Emily lived for most of her life. In 1813 it was built, by her grandfather Samuel Fowler Dickinson. She was born on December 10, 1830, to a prominent family. Emily's family members include, Edward Dickinson her father, Emily Norcross her mother, Lavinia Norcross her sister, and her brother, William Austin.__

__Her early years were spent well behaved. Emily had a huge pashion for music. She knew how to play the piano wonderful for her young age. Also, she attended a primary school that has two stories on Pleasant Street. Emily's dad wanted her to be well-educated. He followed her process even when away on business. Emily and her sister Lavinia joined Amherst Academy on September 7, 1840. Amherst Academy was a former all boy's school that had just opened for girls. Edward, at the same time, purchased a house that William refered as a "Mansion". Her mother Emily Norcross was very sick when Emily was young. So, Emily (the child) had to stay with her Aunt Lavania. There Emily experienced lots of warmth from her young aunt. She stayed at the Monson the Norcross family home. Emily and her were close and had their friendship for many years. Aunt Lavania had became very depressed and lonely when Emily had to go.

Her later years were spent without her dad and her princible. In Boston, Edward passed away from a stroke on June 16, 1874. Leonard Humprhey, the Amherst Academy princible died suddenly at the age of 25, from "Brain congestion". But, she was happy at some points because she met a friend named Susan Gilbert. Emily wrote over three hundred letters to Susan. That was more than any other correspondent. Emily always dressed in white after her father's death. Also she wore white because, it was a way to escape death and she was never married.__

__Her accomplishments include writing more than seventeen hundred poems! During her lifetime, people thought she wrote only seven poems. But after Emily's death, her sister Lavania discovered more than seventeen hundred! Most of them were hand bound in little books. Lavania had gotten the poems edited and published into three editions, in the 1890's. In the twentieth century, Emily's fame grew considerably. Her most popular poem ever written is "I am Nobody, Who are you?".__