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Hope is the thing with feathers Trivia

Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge

In her only year attending Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, Dickinson wound up classified in the "those without hope" category of students. That… sounds bad. And ironic, right? (Source.)

Emily's father, Edward Dickinson, served a term in the U.S. Congress. Talented family! (Source.)

Emily's grandparents were town bigwigs. They built what was probably the first brick house in Amherst, Massachusetts. (Source.)