during the 1930s, sparked in part by the great depression, but also largely by her philanthropic upbringing and her commitment to socialism, her poetry began to reflect her political and social views much more prominently. during this time a guggenheim fellowship allowed her to spend a year in majorca, spain and antibes, france. the experience of spain in its time shortly before the spanish civil war gave further rise and inspiration to her cause of raising social and political awareness of civil rights issues.