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EPISODE · Jul 21, 2020 · 2 MIN

Life by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte

from Ken Reads The Classics · host Ken Davis

The three Bronte sisters wrote this poem in 1846. They had to use male pseudonyms to avoid bias against female writers.  We certainly have come a long way in terms of gender equality since then, but we still have so much further to go.

The three Bronte sisters wrote this poem in 1846. They had to use male pseudonyms to avoid bias against female writers.  We certainly have come a long way in terms of gender equality since then, but we still have so much further to go.

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The three Bronte sisters wrote this poem in 1846. They had to use male pseudonyms to avoid bias against female writers.  We certainly have come a long way in terms of gender equality since then, but we still have so much further to go.

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