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Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830, by Emily Norcross Dickinson and Edward Dickinson in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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Emily goes to school at Amherst Academy but was usually absent because of illness.
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Emily starts to create formal poems and some of her pieces appeared in a newspaper that was edited by her friend.
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Emily published her poems in the Brooklyn Daily Union to help out Union soldiers.
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Emily isolates herself from her social life in her room because she finds it easier to talk to people through doors and it helped her focus on her poetry.
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Emily's father dies by a stroke at the age of 71. He is buried in Amherst, Massachusetts. Emily did not attend his funeral.
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Emily is a bit relieved at her mother's death because she doesn't have to take care of her anymore.
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Emily dies of Bright's Disease and is buried in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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Emily's sister, Lavinia, discovers Emily's poems in her bedroom and is published four years after Emily's death and becomes very successful.
