Haley Bracken
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Haley Bracken was an Editorial Intern at Encyclopaedia Britannica in 2018 and 2019. She graduated from the University of Chicago in 2019 with bachelor’s degrees in English language and literature and political science. She specialized in late 19th- and 20th-century literature.
Previously, she worked in political journalism, researching and designing infographics for PolitiFact.
Primary Contributions (14)
The Awakening, novel by Kate Chopin, published in 1899. Originally titled A Solitary Soul, the novel depicts a young mother’s struggle to achieve sexual and personal emancipation in the oppressive environment of the postbellum American South. When it was first published, it was widely condemned for…
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