). Due to her increased public platform, Millay was able to voice her social conscience and she regularly participated in protests. Throughout the late 1920s and 1930s, Millay's writing reflected her political views, with many works taking the form of outright protest. This is particularly evident in her railings against the atrocities of Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime in Germany during World War II (Napierkowski, 79). With time passing, Millay's health quickly began to deteriorate. She had been in terrible shape since an auto accident in 1936, and the pressures of maintaining her artistic and social concerns, with the troubled climate during World War II, precipitated a nervous breakdown in 1944 (Napierkowski, 79). Unfortunately, her recovery was slowed down, however, by the death of her husband in 1945. Even though her e
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