Emily Dickinson's Tribute To Women At The Dinner Party

Throughout early history, women were always expected to do certain things and act a certain way. It was a big struggle for them to receive the respect they deserved, especially in certain fields that were majority men. Although women were just as qualified as men, being a woman was enough for many people to not pay attention to their ability or accomplishments. It is no secret the inequality that women faced and still face in current generations. Unfortunately women were not accepted right way but there was countless amazing women that never gave up the fight and paved the road for women today. One of the most amazing moments in time was the tribute to women at The Dinner Party, which is a very important icon of 1970s feminist art and a huge milestone in the twentieth-century. Thirty-nine place settings of some of the most influential women

She lived a very private life with deep family roots. As a teenager she left school to live a reclusive life on the family homestead. This is where she began filling notebooks with poetry and hundreds of letters. None of her work was published until her death on May 15th, 1886. After fifteen years of not leaving her house she attended Amherst Academy, where both her grandfather and father worked. Dickinson’s life, like many women was already planned for her. She was to be married, raise children, and spend her days giving her life to her family. One of the most remarkable things about Emily Dickinson is she did the complete opposite and chose to not comment about anything regarding her, which is why she was underrated during her lifetime. She made an impact on the people around her and wrote privately refusing to publicize anything. A literary critic named Herbert Leibowitz once said, “No American has conversed with his or her soul as Emily Dickinson did, by listening to her own soul, Dickinson taught us something about ours” (Shmoop editorial