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Who is Ellen Tucker Emerson from Emerson: The Mind on Fire: A Biography and what is their importance?

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Ellen Tucker Emerson was Ralph Waldo's wife. Before marrying Emerson, Ellen wanted to become a poet. She loved nature and is descibed as a beautiful woman, who loved nature. Ellen and Ralph married in the September of 1829. She died one year later as a result of tuberculosis.

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Emerson: The Mind on Fire: A Biography