![]() ![]() She dreams of being allowed to go to university and becoming a scientist. She has no interest in cooking, cleaning or sewing but she is expected to perfect these skills for a future as a wife and homemaker. ![]() She and her grandfather bond over their shared interests and Calpurnia yearns to be able to have more freedom from the expectations that are placed upon her. He spends his days in his laboratory or out hunting specimens. She has an interest in the natural world and her curiosity and questions eventually lead her to her notoriously cantankerous grandfather. Calpurnia lives with her parents, grandfather and her six brothers. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly follows the above mentioned young lady through her eleventh year in 1899. ![]()
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