“Once various forms were signed, I was separated from my free will, led down the corridors into a room which was now to be the boundary of my existence, told to surrender my clothes, handed that comic invention, the hospital gown, and sent to bed in broad daylight like a child being stripped of her privileges.”
Quote by Dorothy West
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Dorothy West
Dorothy West was an American novelist whose works significantly contributed to African American literature. Born on June 2, 1907, in Atlanta, Georgia, she spent much of her life in Boston, Massachusetts. West's novel 'The Living is Easy,' published in 1948, earned her the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. Her writing often centered on the lives of African American women and the challenges they encountered during the mid-20th century. more
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