Sylvia Plath is today remembered as one of the most influential and popular writers of the 20th Century - she was called ‘the most gifted woman poet’ - a term that still manages to capture the sexism she encountered throughout her life. Growing up in the 1950s was a difficult time for women who wanted both a family and a career, and this is something Sylvia would struggle with for her entire life - how to reconcile her wish to be a writer with her desire to conform.
Sources/Further Reading
Clarke, Heather: Red Comet - The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
Wagner-Martin, Linda: Sylvia Plath - A Biography
Steinberg, Peter K: They Had to Call and Call - The Search for Sylvia Plath https://sylviaplath.info/documents/Steinberg_2010_Search.pdf
Sylvia Plath Blogspot https://sylviaplathinfo.blogspot.com/
Poetry Foundation - Sylvia Plath https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sylvia-plath
Wikipedia: Sylvia Plath https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Plath