1892, Born in Rockport, Maine
1917, Graduated from Vassar College
1917, Moved to Manhattan
1921, Lived in Paris and England
1923, Married Eugen Jan Boissevain
1923, Returned to Manhattan
1925, Moved to Steepletop Estate
1927, Imprisoned temporarily for protest of Sacco and Venzetti execution
1929, Millay’s mother, Cora Buzzell Millay, died
1932, Millay in Spain and Paris with Eugen
1932, Millay in Paris with lover George Dillon
1932, Returns to Steepletop
1934, Millay travels to Marseille, Antibes, Paris
1938, begins writing pacifist, anti-fascism poems
1940, Writes propaganda for War effort
1942,  Writes last propaganda pieces
1944-46, Drug and alcohol addition worsens, institutionalized and hospitalized often over next few years
1949, Eugen Dies
1950, Millay dies at Steepletop  
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