a superficial mold. She was expected to become proper and dainty, to marry well and become mistress of a household. Society shunned women who were more successful and intelligent than men; because of this, Edith continuously struggled to fit a mold shat she was simply not made to fill. Her passion for writing had been developed at such an early age that it became greater than her fear of rejection. By the age of eleven she could speak three languages and had written her own stories and poems while…
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