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She was born on 10 of december in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States.

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She was the second of three children, William Austin and Lavinia Norcross Dickinson.

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She began the classes at Amherst Academy (a converted boy's school), with her sister Lavinia.

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Emily registered at the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. This Seminary classified the students into three religious categories: established Christians, expressed Hope and without hope. Emily was expelled because she was "without hope".

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For the first and only time in her life, Dickinson travelled to Washington in order to visit her father, who was congressman.
After her trip, her mother FELL ill.

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Emily's brother got married with her best friend, Susan Gilbert. Emily was in love with Susan and when she found out about her and her brother, Emily was disappointed.

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She started to write poems to Susan Gilbert. Her best friend distanced herself from Emily for a while. Susan and Emily wanted to be together but they couldn't.

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Dickinson published one of her poems in the newspaper to raise money for Union soldiers' medical expenses.

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She didn't want to get married because she loved Susan Gilbert and she wanted to dedicate herself to writing poems. Except once, when she felt in love with her father's secretary.

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She isolates herself in her room to dedicate herself fully to her poems. Emily was able to do this because she pretended to be sick.

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Dickinson's father, Edward, died of a stoke in Boston at the age of 71.

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Emily's mother, Emily Norcross Dickinson, died. Her death relieved Emily, who had spent much of the last 30 years caring for her bedridden mother.

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Emily Dickinson died of Bright's Disease, a kidney aliment now known as nephritis.