▁office ▁in ▁Wisconsin ▁as ▁late ▁as ▁ 1 8 9 6 ), ▁Bell amy ▁abandoned ▁politics ▁for ▁a ▁return ▁to ▁literature . ▁He ▁set ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁a ▁sequ el ▁to ▁Looking ▁Back ward ▁titled ▁Equ ality , ▁attempting ▁to ▁deal ▁with ▁the ▁ideal ▁society ▁of ▁the ▁post - re volution ary ▁future ▁in ▁greater ▁detail . ▁In ▁this ▁final ▁work , ▁Bell amy ▁turned ▁his ▁mind ' s ▁eye ▁to ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁femin ism , ▁dealing ▁with ▁the ▁tab oo ▁subject ▁of ▁female ▁re product ive ▁rights ▁in ▁a ▁future , ▁post - re volution ary ▁America . ▁Other ▁subjects ▁over look ed ▁in ▁Looking ▁Back ward , ▁such ▁as ▁animal ▁rights ▁and ▁w ilder ness ▁pres ervation , ▁were ▁de alt ▁with ▁in ▁a ▁similar ▁context . ▁The ▁book ▁saw ▁print ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 7 ▁and ▁would ▁prove ▁to ▁be ▁Bell amy ' s ▁final ▁creation . ▁▁ ▁Several ▁short ▁stories ▁of ▁Bell amy ' s ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 8 , ▁and ▁The ▁Duke ▁of ▁Stock bridge ; ▁a ▁Rom ance ▁of ▁Sh ays ' ▁Reb ell ion ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 0 . ▁ ▁Death ▁and ▁legacy ▁ ▁Edward ▁Bell amy ▁died ▁of ▁t uber cul osis ▁in ▁Ch ico pe e ▁F alls , ▁Massachusetts . ▁He ▁was ▁ 4 8 ▁years ▁old ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁death . ▁ ▁His ▁lif el ong ▁home ▁in ▁Ch ico pe e ▁F alls , ▁built ▁by ▁his ▁father ,