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1892年2月23日,艾格尼丝·史沫特莱出生于密苏里州北部贫苦的农村。她的父亲嗜酒,爱讲故事,但却目不识丁;母亲整天陷入操持家务的劳累之中。史沫特莱是在浪漫传说和牛仔歌谣的熏陶下长大的。所以,她具有美国西部人民那种豪放、独立的性格。在她年幼的时候,她的家庭从密苏里的乡间,迁移到西部一个城镇的贫民区。母亲在家给人洗衣服,衣裙整天又湿又脏。父亲则在科罗拉多州洛克菲勒家族经营的矿上当矿工。他的状况一天不如一天,最后精神终于完全崩溃。这贫困潦倒的一家人,依靠史沫特莱的一个当妓女的姨妈的帮助,才免于陷入赤贫的绝境。下层社会的妇女由于结婚而遭受屈辱,以
February 23, 1892, Agnes Smedley was born in the poor northern Missouri in rural areas. Her father was drunk and loved to tell stories, but he was illiterate; his mother was caught in the hard work of housekeeping all day long. Smedley grew up under the influence of romantic legends and cowboy songs. Therefore, she has the kind of bold and independent character of the western peoples of the United States. At a young age her family relocated from the Missouri countryside to the slums of a town in the west. Mother at home to give people clothes, dress wet and dirty all day. His father worked as a miner at a Rockefeller-family business in Colorado. His condition worse than a day, the final spirit finally completely collapsed. The impoverished family, relying on the help of a sister-in-law of Smedley, as a prostitute, was prevented from falling into dire poverty. Women in the lower classes were humiliated by marriage