I'm pretty sure you know how great I am now, but now I need to tell you how I got this successful. You might not realize it, but when I was alive, a female author would be mocked. There was a lot of gender discrimination back then. I didn't want to be laughed at, so I never wrote my name on my books. My first book Sense and Sensibility was written by "A Lady." If I had actually told the public that I wrote the book, they would criticize me and I would be a social outcast. Yea, we cared about that in the 1700's too. Hard to believe right?
In my time, there was only two ways to receive an income. You could be a nanny or be a teacher, and that's only if you were of low class. Since I was of relatively high status, there was only one way to earn money, or should I say "inherit" money, because I couldn't work. Isn't that sad? The only way I could get money is if a parent died. If you had a brother, though, you would even get any money. Sad, sad, sad...
I sent Sense and Sensibility to a million publishers. Most didn't even read it and turned it down, just because I was a woman. I am pretty sure that if I pretended to be a guy, they defiantly would have accepted my book. See that picture? It's one of my books that wasn't published until long after my death.
You have probably realized that all of my obstacles relate to gender discrimination. That was a major problem in the 1700's. Women were seen in only one way, a way to get money through marriage. It sounds terrible, but it's true.*Sigh* I'm feeling glum now. See ya later. Bye. *sigh*
In my time, there was only two ways to receive an income. You could be a nanny or be a teacher, and that's only if you were of low class. Since I was of relatively high status, there was only one way to earn money, or should I say "inherit" money, because I couldn't work. Isn't that sad? The only way I could get money is if a parent died. If you had a brother, though, you would even get any money. Sad, sad, sad...
I sent Sense and Sensibility to a million publishers. Most didn't even read it and turned it down, just because I was a woman. I am pretty sure that if I pretended to be a guy, they defiantly would have accepted my book. See that picture? It's one of my books that wasn't published until long after my death.
You have probably realized that all of my obstacles relate to gender discrimination. That was a major problem in the 1700's. Women were seen in only one way, a way to get money through marriage. It sounds terrible, but it's true.*Sigh* I'm feeling glum now. See ya later. Bye. *sigh*
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