Who was Emily Elizabeth Dickinson?

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, born in Amherst, Massachusetts (December 10, 1830) and passed away in May 15, 1886

Besides her years of learning at Amherst Academy, she also had a brief stay at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary.Dickinson was considered an “eccentric” by the locals because of her reclusive tendencies, such as being reluctant to leave her room, much less greet visitors, and her inclination to wear white. She was, however, able to maintain friendships by exchanging correspondence.

Her fame as a poet was posthumous and came about when her younger sister, Lavinia, had discovered her writings. Her first published collection had gone through extensive editing by personal acquaintances Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. A commemorative stamp of the poet was issued in 1971 and the second of the “American Poet” series.