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DonovanCleckley: “For me a dimness slowly creeps
Around earth’s fairest light,
But heaven grows clearer to my view,
And fairer to my sight.”
- Frances E.W. Harper, “Renewal of Strength,” ‘Atlanta Offering: Poems,’ 1895
donnellyeuz: Frances E W Harper: A Call to Conscience NYIOFUL
WSUPress: Frances E. W. Harper was a central figure in the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature & intellectual thought. In DISCARDED LEGACY, poet Melba Joyce Boyd analyzes Harper not simply as a feminist and an activist, but as a writer.
zarakkhantarani: No race can afford to neglect the enlightenment of its mothers.
Frances E.W Harper.
TSOP_Exhibit: "We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity, and society cannot trample on the weakest and feeblest of its members without receiving the curse in its own soul.”
— FRANCES E.W. HARPER
The Soul of Philanthropy opening in Chicago, Feb 1
WomanToday2: ... Frances E. W. Harper communicated with multiple audiences simultaneously through embedded historical references that, for those who understood them, called for resistance and more radical reform. 6/
Biblio_com: Each year we cover trends in rare books as we've observed them, including the most expensive items sold through our site. Besides the Cosmographia, we sold one of the first novels penned by an African-American woman: Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted by Frances E. W. Harper.
ProfKori: Mar 22: Interviewed about Frances E. W. Harper & IOLA LEROY. Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast.
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AmericanStudier: Teaching a bunch of poems by the amazing Frances E.W. Harper in 19C Af Am lit today, including the three I talked about in this blog post, & I was in a bit of a mood. Which led to one of my favorite things I've said in a class in my 22 years of teaching.+
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RaquelMTeaches: Currently working on compiling some seminal nonfiction works authored by Black women, and then crafting some close reading lessons around those texts.
Looking at: Anna Julia Cooper, Elise Johnson McDougald, Sophie Bosede Oluwole, Zera Yacob, Lucy Parsons, and Frances E.W. Harper
KempoJesse: Discussed Frances E.W. Harper's "Poems on Misc. Subjects" in American Lit I today. I got to see in real time a student's face light up at how awesome poetry is while talking about a formal aspect of a poem's stanzas and I LOVE TEACHING LITERATURE
SouthernGemGal: "The most important question before us colored people is not simply what the..." - Frances E.W. Harper
AprilYoungB: “Make me a grave where’er you will…but not in a land where men are slaves.” -Frances E.W. Harper, 1858 -
AprilYoungB: “Make me a grave where’er you will…but not in a land where men are slaves.” -Frances E.W. Harper, 1858 -
AprilYoungB: “Make me a grave where’er you will…but not in a land where men are slaves.” -Frances E.W. Harper, 1858
AprilYoungB: “Make me a grave where’er you will…but not in a land where men are slaves.” -Frances E.W. Harper, 1858
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Wes_theLargo: “We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity, and society cannot trample on the weakest and feeblest of its members without receiving the curse in its own soul.”
- Frances E. W. Harper (1825-1911)
danieleleven32: Frances E. W. Harper
Harriet Jacobs
Anna Julia Cooper
Alice Dunbar-Nelson
alxjw4116: How was Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward hanging out with Frances Willard, Ida B. Wells, Frederick Douglass, Frances Harper, W. E. B. Du Bois (and more) and no one knows her name? Du Bois spoke at her funeral. Wells joined a club she formed. What???
PostFilm: Conflict: New poems
‘Papa-T’, Fred D’Aguiar
‘Songs for the People’, Frances E. W. Harper
‘We Lived Happily during the War’, Ilya Kaminsky
‘Colonization in Reverse’, Louise Bennett
‘Thirteen’, Caleb Femi
m34653: “Slavery was a deadly cancer eating into the life of the nation; but, somehow, it had cast such a glamour over us that we have acted somewhat as if our national safety were better preserved by sparing the cancer than by cutting it out.”
Frances E W Harper
reedmagazine: The Dickens Project is back! This week-long academic conference at UC Santa Cruz will be focusing on David Copperfield and Iola Leroy by Frances E.W Harper this year. Registration is currently open and anyone is welcome to attend! For more info visit:
HermioneClone: 19th C. Americanists Edition:
Favorite of all time: Alcott
Dislike: Cooper
Grew on me: Bret Harte
Most overrated: Thoreau
Most underrated: Lillie Devereaux Blake & Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
The G.O.A.T.: W. E. B. DuBois
Comment or quote with your answers.
hscott61: FOR THE ANGLO-AFRICAN.
THE MASSACHUSETTS FIFTY-FOURTH
BY FRANCES E. W. HARPER
Where storms of death were sweeping,
Wildly through the darkened sky,
Stood the bold but fated column,
Brave to do, to dare, and die.
MissTFV: (1893) Frances E.W. Harper, "Woman's Political Future"
dr_tonyfrazier: “Knowledge is the salvation of the soul.” Frances E.W. Harper
CelestePoetProf: Frances E. W. Harper
NutlawPete: “What do Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Frances E. W. Harper, Ida B. Welles Barnett, and Mary Church Terrell have in common?
None of them were Black feminists.
They were Black women who used words, stories, writing, and action to improve the lives of those around them”
ThomasCranePL: Iola Leroy, or, Shadows Uplifted by Frances E. W. Harper (1825-1911)
Find it in our catalog:
MeaganLButler: Know Frederick Douglass and Elizabeth Cady Stanton? You should also know Frances E. W. Harper - Women’s Media Center
ProfKori: Frances E. W. Harper = Another inspiring forebear who was no doubt inspired by Harriet Jacobs!
sultryglebe: 3 of 5 stars to Poems of Frances E. W. Harper by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
muhlibrary: Learn about Frances E. W. Harper, the first African American woman to publish a short story in the United States.
DonovanCleckley: “Nor let it be said that we have forgot
The women who stood with Lucretia Mott;
Nor her who to the world was known
By the simple name of Lucy Stone.”
- Frances E.W. Harper, “Then and Now,” ‘The Martyr of Alabama and Other Poems’ (1895)
ProfKori: The result of my deep, deep questions about whether I can believe in a benevolent higher power??? Even more respect for forerunners like Harriet Jacobs and Frances E. W. Harper.
roseram72: First reads of the year, "Discarded Legacy: Politics and Poetics in the Life of Frances E.W. Harper" by Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd and "Cruel Optimism" by the late Lauren Berlant ^^
phdivaspodcast: 1:03:50 to 1:13:35 Chapter 4: on Black women doctors, transformative love, Frances E.W. Harper's Iola Leroy
Respondent: Jade Bentil (Oxford) is a Black feminist historian; forthcoming book REBEL CITIZEN abt Black women who migrated to Britain after WW2
_Langaman: “One of the first American novels published by a Black woman was a passing story.
In 1892, the abolitionist Frances E.W. Harper published Iola Leroy, the story of a fair-skinned daughter of an enslaved woman and a slave owner who was raised to believe she was white.”
jillmwo: Mine was Discarded Legacy: Politics and Poetics in the Life of Frances E. W. Harper, 1825-1911 (Wayne State University Press)
nicoleglower: Fun Fact: The E.W. Harper Club that appears in The Undertakers is a nod to women's literary clubs at the time and is named for Frances Harper, poet and activist.
Indie
WIDE_LP: On Voices for Religious Pluralism at 10 am and 5 pm Th 10/28 on WIDE-LP 99.1 FM: Frances E. W. Harper, Further Writings
WIDE_LP: On Voices for Religious Pluralism at 10 am and 5 pm Th 10/7 on WIDE-LP 99.1 FM: “Unitarian, Suffragist, and Black” by Frances E. W. Harper
BritniDWrites: The cafe is named after Frances E.W. Harper, an abolitionist & the 1st Black American woman to publish a short story, and Fannie Lou Hamer, one of the titans of the Civil Rights Movement.
You can find more info about the cafe & their mission here:
zorafuture: “heard you that shriek?”
-frances e.w. harper | “the slave mother”
DeathQuotes: "He's not dead! He only left a precious robe of clay behind, to draw a robe of love & light around his disembodied mind." Frances E W Harper
SeatonHumbert: FRANCES E.W. HARPER (1825-1911) Baltimore. Known as "The Bronze Muse” Harper wrote poems & fiction. She lectured against slavery & for the vote & women’s rights. Her poem “Bury Me In a Free Land” ends, “All that my yearning spirit craves, / Is bury me not in a land of slaves.”
StopVirtuaStalk: We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity, and society cannot trample on the weakest and feeblest of its members without receiving the curse in its own soul.” Frances E. W. Harper. If you supported Marsy's Law,Tweet your Senators on this
CBDCUREDISEASE: Stop asking if "The Chair" is realistic.
A few classroom moments remain with me from more than 16 years of teaching literature. One proved memorable not because it was singular but because it was typical. We were discussing "Iola Leroy," an 1892 novel by Frances E. W. Harper --
ericabuddington: Word to Frances E.W. Harper.
SteveDavisMktg: The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Frances E. W. Harper: A Call to Conscience (Black Lives) by Utz McKnight
jbrous41: Maria Stewart, Frances E.W. Harper, Ida B. Wells and Sojourner Truth would like a word.
AprilGarciaBA: Frances E. W. Harper | (1825-1911)
CCP_org: We doing our long-term dreaming over here about Frances E.W. Harper's archives, papers, a digital collection and more--with opportunities for partnerships and support!
CSRCStorys: Out now! Shadows Uplifted Volume III: Black Women Authors of 19th Century American Poetry. Available everywhere print and digital books are released. Featuring verse by Frances E. W. Harper, Josephine D. Henderson Heard, and Mary Weston Fordham.
OhioHistory: Remembered for her poetry and passionate speeches which advocated for women’s rights, anti- slavery and social justice, Frances E. W. Harper was a groundbreaking African American author and social reformer.
Photo: Library of Congress
the_moviebob: "1860s Jimmy Dore" would be a bi-weekly guest on George Fitzhugh's lecture tour, stumping for likes-and-subscribes to a shitty pamphlet series where he calls Frances E.W. Harper a "Gutless wonder!" before cussing-out Sojourner Truth for not taking HIS advice on Abolition.
harper_few: born “free” but still unable to live freely, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper still told her story, and got published too.
“Slavery is dead, but the spirit which animated it still lives.” -Frances E. W. Harper
ChanceCalloway: SHADOWS UPLIFTED collects full-length works by Black American women writers of the 1800s. VOL. I features fiction from Frances E. W. Harper, Julia C. Collins, and A. E. Johnson.
Bookshop:
ChanceCalloway: Here are some quick access links.
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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.
UArts: Tom Judd BFA '75 (Painting) designed and installed a mural at the SEPTA Independence Hall Station as part of SEPTA’s Art in Transit program. History in Motion features portraits of Philadelphians including Frances E. W. Harper and Absalom Jones.
thewestwinding: I'm planning to read some of Frances E. W. Harper's work and I'm thankful this archive exists because I can't find it at the library
JMLewis4Dallas: Day 26: Frances E. W. Harper
“God bless our native land,
Her homes and children bless,
Oh may she ever stand
For truth and righteousness.”
- from God Bless our Native Land
SILibraries: Poet Frances E. W. Harper grew up in a family where activism and education were central. She was tutored by uncle Rev. William Watkins, an abolitionist & author, who ran “William Watkins Academy for Negro Youth”.
More about Harper:
tommurphE: Music to soothe all its sorrow,
Till war and crime shall cease;
And the hearts of men grown tender
Girdle the world with peace.
- Frances E.W. Harper, (1825-1911)
(5/5)
LitLabs_LA: View the trailer for A Tale of Two Outcries! Just one of eight high school student films all based on their study of Iola Leroy by Frances E. W.
LitLabs_LA: View the trailer for Beloved Wheels! Just one of 8 high school student films all based on their study of Iola Leroy by Frances E. W. Harper. Filmmakers: S. Contreras, S. Dixon, A. Gonzalez, N. Torres RSVP!
SpeakingWFemale: In a speech this day in 1897 Frances E. W. Harper expressed a hopeful view of the Black family in society. "The Afro-American Mother" makes a powerful argument for the centrality of marriage, home & motherhood to the progress of her people.
nysoclib: Experience the poetry, the drama, the tragedy, the hope with this combination of history, images, and dramatic reading: Black Literature Matters: The 1800s
nysoclib: Hear the words of Maria W. Stewart, Omar Ibn Said, Frances E.W. Harper, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and more Black writers of the 19th century TONIGHT (free, public):
ericabuddington: Margaret also co-founded the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs. The other founders included: Harriet Tubman, Frances E. W. Harper, Ida B. Wells, and Mary Church Terrell.
CAN YOU IMAGINE?!
nysoclib: Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 6:00 PM 'Black Literature Matters: The 1800s'
JoyOfBlackWomen: My favorite are her poems, Bury Me In A Free Land being my personal treasure. Thank you for writing about and for us at a time when we weren't even allowed to consume literature. I love you Frances E. W. Harper! 2/10
JoyOfBlackWomen: I ask no monument, proud and high,
To arrest the gaze of the passers-by;
All that my yearning spirit craves,
Is bury me not in a land of slaves.
Frances E. W. Harper 10/10
JoyOfBlackWomen: Why I love Frances E. W. Harper
As the first Black women to have a short story published (The Two Offers in 1859), Frances made a career out of writing. She began well before she was published and often wrote about abolition and woman's suffrage. 1/10
nysoclib: Don't miss the next presentation in this ongoing series of readings: Black Literature Matters, the 1800s. Featuring William Wells Brown, Frederick Douglass, Frances E.W. Harper, Harriet Jacobs, David Walker, and Ida B. Wells.
Pubhistorian: Frances E. W. Harper: A Call to Conscience by Utz McKnight
andersonatlarge: Please make a tax-deductible donation to Historic Eden Cemetery. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it’s the final resting place for, i.a., Henry Minton, William and Letitia Still, Octavius V. Catto, Frances E.W. Harper and Marian Anderson.
DonovanCleckley: “All the dying poet whispers
Is a prayer for light, more light.”
- Frances E.W. Harper (1871)
tpakin: Frances E. W. Harper 1825-1911
jprebel: You can pre-order this book now - and read my chapter on Frances E.W. Harper and Ida B. Wells. Many thanks and congrats to eds. Dr. Patricia Bizzell and Dr. Lisa Zimmerelli. Nineteenth-Century American Activist Rhetorics | Modern Language Association
DProcopeBell: Toni Morrison (which I know many already do) or Frances E.W. Harper.
politybooks: The fight against structural racism faces new challenges, but there is a rich history of black resistance, thought, and activism to draw upon. Our Black Lives Series does just that.
The first two books, exploring the lives of W.E.B. Du Bois and Frances E. W. Harper, are out now.
DonovanCleckley: “Not for greater gifts of genius;
Not for thoughts more grandly bright,
All the dying poet whispers
Is a prayer for light, more light.”
-Frances E.W. Harper, “Let the Light Enter” (1871)
StopVirtuaStalk: We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity, and society cannot trample on the weakest and feeblest of its members without receiving the curse in its own soul.” Frances E. W. Harper. If you supported Marsy's Law,Tweet your Senators on this
thetremag: Poet and orator Frances E.W. Harper, the child of two free black parents, publicly advocated for abolition and education through speeches and publications. (Source:
Anikadrawls: birthday.
The 5 women–Stanton included–who organized the landmark Seneca Falls Convention were also activists in the Abolition Movement against slavery, working shoulder to shoulder with Frederick Douglass and Black suffragists Frances E.W. Harper and Sojourner Truth. But the end
carryherwave: “More than the changing of institutions we need the development of a national conscience, and the upbuilding of national character.”
- Frances E. W. Harper (1893)
