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Poet, author, and lecturer Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was the first African American woman to publish a short story and was also an influential abolitionist, suffragist, and reformer. Discover more at womenshistory.org.
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an American abolitionist, suffragist, poet, temperance activist, teacher, public speaker, and writer. Beginning in 1845, she was one of the first African American women to be published in the United States.
Mar 29, 2024 · Frances E.W. Harper (born September 24, 1825, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.—died February 22, 1911, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American author, orator, and social reformer who was notable for her poetry, speeches, and essays on abolitionism, temperance, and woman suffrage.
Born in Baltimore, poet, fiction writer, journalist, and activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was the only child of free African American parents. She was raised by her aunt and uncle after her mother died when Frances was three years old. She attended the Academy for Negro Youth, a school run by…
Apr 2, 2014 · Frances E.W. Harper. Poet and orator Frances E.W. Harper, the child of two free Black parents, publicly advocated for abolition and education through speeches and publications....
Poetry towards Progress: Frances E. W. Harper. An activist, a teacher, a poet — Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an extraordinary figure in American history. She was born free in the city of Baltimore in 1825, orphaned at the age of three, and grew up under the tutelage of her uncle Rev. William Watkins.
Feb 7, 2023 · The poet, abolitionist and suffragist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper in an undated photo. In 1866 she said that until the nation was colorblind, true democracy remained out of reach. North...
