The document provides biographical information about three famous women writers: Emily Dickinson, Pearl S. Buck, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. It discusses their early lives, education, careers as writers, and some of their most famous works. Dickinson was a renowned American poet born in 1830 in Massachusetts. Buck was an American author best known for her book The Good Earth, and she spent much of her childhood in China. Stowe was an American abolitionist and author best known for her anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.

1. Women Writers Biographies
Introduction of the Writers
Emily Dickenson
Pearl S Buck
Harriet Beacher Stowe

2. Emily Dickenson: Early American Poet
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3. Emily Dickenson Quick Facts
Born: December 10, 1830 in Amherst,
Massachusetts.
Childhood Home:
Education: Amherst Academy.
Profession: Poet
Beginning of her writing profession: when she
was a teenager
Marital Status: None
Interesting Fact: frequently ill and depressed
throughout her life.
Famous writings: The Poems of Emily
Dickinson
Died: May 15, 1886 of kidney disease

4. Emily Dickenson’s Early Life
• Born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts
• Born into a prominent, but not wealthy, family
• Described her mother as cold and aloof
• Studied at a former boy’s school, Amherst, which had
opened its door to girls just two years before
• August 10, 1847, Dickinson began attending Mary Lyon's
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
• She was always sick and it was hard for her to make friends.
She eventually dropped out
• She never got married
• She stayed behind closed doors and became a recluse

5. Emily Dickenson’s Writing Career
• The first volume of her work was published posthumously in 1890 and the last in
1955.
• Her poetry was heavily influenced by her very religious background in Puritan New
England
• She was inspired by Charles Wadsworth and knew him as a very dear friend
• Her poetry was not discovered until after she died
• Some writers have discovered a thematic theme to her writing
• She never married
• She died in Amherst in 1886. -

6. "If fame belonged to me, I could not
escape her; if she did not, the longest
day would pass me on the chase, and
the approbation of my dog would
forsake me."
-Emily Dickinson
Because I could not stop for death
Famous Quote by Emily Dickenson

7. Pearl S Buck: Early American Author
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8. Born: June 26, 1892 in Hillsboro, West Virginia.
Childhood Home: China
Education: Randolph-Macon Woman's College in
Lynchburg, Virginia
Profession: Writer
Beginning of her writing profession: She started writing in
hopes of earning a better living.
Marital Status: Richard Walsh (1935 - 1960) · John Lossing
Buck (1917 - 1935)
Interesting Fact: She spent much of her life in China
Famous writings: The Good Earth
Died: March 6, 1973, in Danby, Vermont
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9. Pear S. Buck’s Early Life
• Born on June 26, 1892 in Hillsboro, West Virginia.
• She studied philosophy at Randolph-Macon Woman's
College in Lynchburg, Virginia.
• Her parents were Presbyterian missionaries in China
• Her parents returned to China when she was 4 months
old
• She was homeschooled by her mother for part of the
day and a private Chinese language tutor the other part
of the day
• Buck decided to attend boarding school in Shanghai in
1907 and graduated in 1909
• She returned back to the states in 1910 to start her
studies in philosophy
• She returned to China to take care of her ill mother
• She was married to John Lossing Buck in 1917 and
divorced him in 1935
• She married Richard Walsh in 1935

10. "One does not live half a life in Asia without return. When it would be I did not
know, nor even where it would be, or to what cause. In our changing world nothing
changes more than geography. The friendly country of China, the home of my
childhood and youth, is for the time being forbidden country. I refuse to call it
enemy country. The people in my memory are too kind and the land too beautiful."
-Pearl S. Buck from A Bridge for Passing
The Good Earth,
Famous Quote by Pearl S. Buck

11. Pearl S. Buck Writing Career
Pearl Buck began to write in the twenties. These are
some of the earliest and most honored titles.
East Wind, West Wind, in 1930.
The Good Earth (1931) (Won the Pulitzer Prize)
Sons (1932), and A House Divided (1935), together
forming a trilogy on the saga of the family of Wang.
The First Wife and Other Stories (1933),
All Men are Brothers (a translation of the Chinese novel
Shui Hu Chuan) (1933),
The Mother (1934)
This Proud Heart (1938)
The Time Is Now, a fictionalized account of the author's
emotional experiences, although written much earlier, did
not appear in print until 1967.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Early American Novelist

13. Born: June 14, 1811, in Litchfield, Connecticut.
Childhood Home: Litchfield, Connecticut
Education: Traditional course lf learning usually
followed by young men (seminary)
Profession: Literary Writer
Beginning of her writing profession: 1851
Marital Status: Calvin Ellis Stowe
Interesting Fact: Her emotional writings about the
impact of slavery captured the nation’s attention
Famous writings: Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Died: July 1, 1896, in Hartford, Connecticut at the
age of 87.
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14. When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it
seems as if you couldn't hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for
that 's just the place and time that the tide 'll turn.
Old Town Folks, 1869
Famous Quote by Harriet Beecher Stowe

15. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Early Life
 Harriet Beacher Stowe was born on June 14,
1811, in Litchfield, Connecticut.
 She followed the the traditional course of classical
learning usually reserved for young men.
 Her father was a well know Calvinist preacher
 He preached against slavery in the 1820s
 She became an assistant teacher at the school
run by her sister Catharine
 Her mother died when she was three and her
father remarried when she was six years old.
 She wrote because she wanted to express her
feelings through a literary representation of
slavery.
 All of her brothers and sisters became educators
and were very involved in public affairs
 Her brothers became clergymen
 Her emotional portrayal of the impact of slavery,
particularly on families and children, captured the
nation's attention.
 She died on July 1, 1896, in Hartford, Connecticut
Her husband
Calvin

16. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Writing Career
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) published more
than 30 books, but it was her best-selling anti-slavery
novel Uncle Tom's Cabin that brought her to the top
and made her famous. It also brought her financial
security allowing her to write the following books.
• Primary Geography for Children (1833) Her
sympathetic approach to Catholicism
• New England Sketches (1835), a short story
collection
• The Mayflower: Sketches of Scenes and Characters
among the Descendants of the Pilgrims.(1843)
• "The Coral Ring" (1843) a short story which
promoted temperance, and an anti-slavery tract.
• Numerous articles, essays and short stories
regularly published in newspapers and journals

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21. Which of the following authors spent their young life in China?
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1. Harriet Beacher Stowe
2. Pearl S. Buck
3. Emily Dickenson

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3. Emily Dickenson

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In our changing world nothing changes more than geography.
1. Harriet Beacher Stowe
2. Pearl S. Buck
3. Emily Dickenson

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"If fame belonged to me, I could not escape her; if she did not, the
longest day would pass me on the chase, and the approbation of
my dog would forsake me."
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2. Pearl S. Buck
3. Emily Dickenson

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36. References - Emily Dickenson
Emily Dickenson Photos. Bing images. Retrieved March 7, 2014,
Photos of Emily Dickenson
Emily Dickenson Information. Retrieved March 4, 2014, from
http://www.online-literature.com/dickinson/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Dickinson

37. References - Pearl S Buck
Pearl S Buck Photos. Bing images. Retrieved March 7, 2014
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=photos+of+the+book+the+
good+earth&qpvt=photos+of+the+book+the+good+earth&FORM=
IGRE
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Pearl+S+Buck&qpvt=Pearl
+S+Buck&FORM=IGRE
Pearl S. Buck Information. Retrieved March 4, 2014, from
http://www.biography.com/people/pearl-s-buck-9230389
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1938/b
uck-bio.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_S._Buck

38. References- Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe Photos. Bing images.
Retrieved March 6, 2014
Photo of the book Uncle Toms Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowes Family Pictures
Harriet Beecher Stowe Information. Retrieved
March 6, 2014,
http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/hbs/
http://www.historynet.com/harriet-beecher-
stowe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Beecher_St
owe