Who is Frances E. W. Harper
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an African-American abolitionist, suffragist, poet, teacher, public speaker, and writer. The topics she wrote and spoke about include: "enslavement and abolitionism, human rights and dignity, women's rights and equality, racial and social justice, lynching and mob violence, voting rights, moral character, racial self-help and uplift, and multiracial cooperation for common good." She was active in social reform and was a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, which advocated the federal government taking a role in progressive reform. She is considered "the mother of African-American journalism."Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, she had a long and prolific career, publishing her first bo...
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Frances E. W. Harper Poems
- Vashti
She leaned her head upon her hand
And heard the King's decree-
“My lords are feasting in my halls;
Bid Vashti come to me.... - Truth
A rock, for ages, stern and high,
Stood frowning ‘gainst the earth and sky,
And never bowed his haughty crest
When angry storms around him prest.... - Then And Now
“Build me a nation,” said the Lord.
The distant nations heard the word,
Build me a nation true and strong,
Bar out the old world's hate and wrong;... - The Sparrow's Fall
Too frail to soar-a feeble thing-
It fell to earth with fluttering wing;
But God, who watches over all,
Beheld that little sparrow's fall.... - The Refiner's Gold
He stood before my heart's closed door,
And asked to enter in;
But I had barred the passage o'er
By unbelief and sin....
Top 10 most used topics by Frances E. W. Harper
Life 26 Light 24 Heart 20 God 16 Bright 16 Love 15 I Love You 15 Death 14 Earth 13 Children 12Frances E. W. Harper Quotes
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- Csrcstorys: out today! shadows uplifted volume i: black women authors of 19th century american fiction. available everywhere print and digital books are released. featuring novels by julia c. collins, frances e. w. harper, and a. e. johnson.
- Th3matriarch: ancestor frances e. w. harper was a bad, bad woman. born in 1825 in baltimore, maryland, she was an abolitionist, suffragist, poet, author, organizer and leader. a prolific writer, sister frances published her first book of verse, "forest of the leaves", at the tender age of 20.
- Herstorytalk: black women activists like mary church terrell, frances e w harper, and ida bell wells-barnett who founded the national association of women of color, created a place that fought for black women to receive better pay which many women in the suffrage movement weren’t doing.
