· Born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts
· Was a well-behaved child
· Calvinistic religion
· Attended Holy Oak College
· Benjamin Newton introduced Dickinson to poetry
· Dickinson had constant fear and feeling of death
· Became a social recluse
· Was nicknamed Woman in White
· Studied botany; her garden was more well-known than her poetry
· Only left her house when absolutely necessary
· 1870s Father died
· 1882 Mother died
· Died on May 15, 1886
· 1st volume of her poems were published in 1890
· Often wrote about gardens; morbid tones such as death were common
· Was a well-behaved child
· Calvinistic religion
· Attended Holy Oak College
· Benjamin Newton introduced Dickinson to poetry
· Dickinson had constant fear and feeling of death
· Became a social recluse
· Was nicknamed Woman in White
· Studied botany; her garden was more well-known than her poetry
· Only left her house when absolutely necessary
· 1870s Father died
· 1882 Mother died
· Died on May 15, 1886
· 1st volume of her poems were published in 1890
· Often wrote about gardens; morbid tones such as death were common