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Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Cultural formation
Emily Dickinson
ED
refused to take part in a Fast Day at
Mount Holyoke Seminary for Young Ladies
, on grounds of dissenting from the Christian faith professed there.
View reference
Walsh, John Evangelist.
The Hidden Life of Emily Dickinson
. Simon and Schuster, 1971.
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Education
Emily Dickinson
ED
received a secondary school education from the
Amherst Academy
and spent one year at
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
, then run by
Mary Lyon
. Both emphasized religious training, but she also studied foreign...
Employer
Anita Desai
AD
has held teaching positions at
Smith College
(1987-88) and
Mount Holyoke College
(1988-93) in the USA. She was a Fellow of
Girton College
, 1986-88, and of
Clare Hall
in 1989 and 1991, both...
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1836
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
(later Mount Holyoke College) was founded at
South Hadley, Maryland
, by
Mary Lyon
: the first post-secondary educational institution for women in the USA.
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