Anne Sexton
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Poetry, Poets, Feminism, Feminists, Women’s Rights
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present, Women’s History
Article abstract: Despite a modest education and her lifelong struggle with mental illness, Anne Sexton became a poet who was celebrated by critics, academics, and the public as a new voice in literature and the cause of feminism.
Early Life
Anne Gray Harvey was born on November 9, 1928, the youngest of three daughters born to Ralph Harvey and Mary Gray Staples Harvey. Although Ralph Harvey had only a high school education, he did well in the New England wool business and opened his own firm shortly after Anne was born. Anne’s mother, Mary Gray...
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