Do you know who Emily Dickinson is? I heard she was some kind of poet.
Emily Dickinson was an 1800s American Poet, yes.
Oh, ok. Did she have any poems that were famous?
She had several famous poems, but she was mostly known for her eccentric attitude, penchant for white clothing, and isolation of herself.
Hmm, she sounds like quite the eccentric! I wonder what her obsession with white clothing meant.
Well, she was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, so it was probably quite unusual for the time.
Yeah, I would think it would be difficult to keep white clothing clean in the days before washing machines!
indoor plumbing, the washerwoman (laundress) or housewife also had to carry all the water used for washing, boiling, and rinsing the laundry; according to an 1886 calculation, women fetched water eight to ten times every day from a pump, well, or spring. Water for the laundry would be hand carried, heated on a fire for washing, then poured into the tub. That made the warm soapy water precious; it would be reused, first to wash the least soiled clothing, then to wash progressively dirtier
Emily Dickinson
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. 
Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, into a prominent family with strong ties to its community. After studying at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she briefly attended the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst.
Evidence suggests that Dickinson lived much of her life in isolation. Considered an eccentric by locals, she developed a penchant for white clothing