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    Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco on December 14, 1916, a year before the United States entered World War I. It was a very tumultuous time in the world and particularly influential in Ms. Jackson's history. life as it developed throughout his childhood. Events of the era that may have influenced Ms. Jackson's view of society growing up included the introduction of Prohibition, the Roaring Twenties, women's suffrage, and the advent of the Great Depression. Women were beginning to exercise their independence and more exciting opportunities to develop their creativity as a woman finally seemed a real possibility. In 1934, at the age of seventeen, the Jackson family moved east and settled in the community of Rochester, New York. Moving from the West Coast to the East Coast posed challenges for Ms. Jackson, including a dramatic shift in societal views from a freer liberal view in California to a more traditional conservative view in the western part of the state from New York. After attending the University of Rochester for a year and spreading her wings, Shirley decided to spend a year at home in a more conservative environment with her parents to practice her writing skills and hone her style. At this time, the world was moving in a dangerous direction with Adolf Hitler appointed as Chancellor of Germany and the Nazi Party beginning to expand its power and persecute Jews in Europe. In 1937, Ms. Jackson enrolled at Syracuse University where she met her. future husband Stanley Edgar Hyman. There, she published her first short story, helped develop a new literary magazine, and became editor of a campus humor magazine. With everything that happened in his life, the world changed once again with the start of World War II in 1939. Many of them...... middle of paper ..... .ea The Dream Talk and civil rights were the most influential movement of the time. With major social changes on the horizon, Ms. Jackson was overwhelmed with enough writing inspiration to create material for the next decade. In 1965, she received the Arents Pioneer Medal for outstanding achievement from Syracuse University. Life was good and many new projects were in the works. Sadly, on August 8, at the age of 48, it all came to an abrupt end when Shirley Jackson died suddenly of heart failure during an afternoon nap. ttp://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1900timeline.htmAllen, Linda. "Bio of Shirley Jackson", January 1, 2009. Web, April 11, 2014. The Lottery and Other Stories New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. Print..