Moss' letter to Chopin reveals some of the ways in which Chopin's writing was important to the community of women. Her praise of Chopin's writing goes beyond the fictional and enlightens the ways in which Chopin's resistence affected other women who might not have had the same ability to pubically speak up.
Chopin, another celebrated female writer from the late 19th century, writes in an unpublished poem about the "ecstacy of madness." She takes something used to oppress women, in this case: madness, and celebrates the freedom of it. Although this is not a well-known work, Chopin frequently used her status as a writer to speak about the oppression of women. This particular poem calls attention to the ways in which Chopin was celebrated for her acts of resistence to the dominant culture.
