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re7382: ‘We are all bound up together’: The 19th’s fellows on the life and legacy of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
skydog811: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s “Learning to Read”
POETSorg: Welcome children of the Spring,
In your garbs of green and gold,
Lifting up your sun-crowned heads
On the verdant plain and wold.
—Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
EDSITEment: "But some of us would try to steal
A little from the book,
And put the words together,
And learn by hook or crook."
-From “Learning to Read” by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Analysis resource here:
C19Americanists: Domestic/Sentiment Division, Quarterfinals
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s Iola Leroy vs Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women
drrachelhewitt: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) was a nature-poet. In Forest Leaves, she warned against romanticising nature, as it was a location for slavery. She defended Black women’s right to be free outdoors: 97 years before Rosa Parks, Harper resisted eviction from a railroad car.
UUHistorySoc: Looking for information on a particular Unitarian, Universalist, or Unitarian Universalist? Have you visited the UU Dictionary Biography? For example, you want to learn more about Frances Ellen Watkins Harper -check out her entry...
womenwewrite: Francis Ellen Watkins was an African-American poet, abolitionist, and suffragist. Learn more:
MiguelitoDespac: Bro To the Union Savers of Cleveland by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper is a fkn banger.
Wake up babe, new favourite poem just dropped
POETSorg: Till our world, so sad and weary,
Finds the balmy rest of peace—
Peace to silence all her discords—
Peace till war and crime shall cease.
—Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
C19Americanists: Domestic/Sentiment Division, Round 3: Matchup 1
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's Iola Leroy vs Fanny Fern's Ruth Hall
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ULRKorg: Read more on Frances' journey inspired by literature here:
CareExp_Culture: Today we have added African American poet and writer, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911), to the archive.
Frances Watkins was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and orphaned at the age of 3. She was then raised by her maternal aunt and uncle.
GivingBlackNE: I would like to highlight another important Black suffragist, one of the many Black women, who, through their contributions made lasting change that affects all women today.
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an influential abolitionist, suffragist, author…
NCNWChgoCentral: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was the first Black woman to publish a short story. In 1859, Harper published a short story in the Anglo-African Magazine called “The Two Offers,” about women's education, a womanhood of independence, equality, and charity.
BlackPastOnline: In May 1866, Harper addressed the 11th National Women’s Rights Convention in NYC. Read her address, "We Are All Bound Up Together," here:
BlackPastOnline: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) was an educator, abolitionist, suffragist & writer. She published her 1st book of poetry, Forest Leaves, at 21. At 67, she published the novel Iola Leroy, one of the 1st published by an Af-Am woman.
endthedaydream: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, a Philly native, wrote many poems and essays regarding women’s rights. She, along with many others and notably Fredrick Douglas, formed the American Woman Suffrage Association
matthewohunt: “Soon a host of lovely flowers
From vales and woodland burst;
But in all that fair procession
The crocuses were first.”
The Crocuses
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper - 1825-1911
Full poem:
C19Americanists: Domestic/Sentiment Division, Round 2: Matchup 1
Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland vs Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's Iola Leroy
theyheus: to save the year-by-year details, some important names (i will go into detail) are: harriet forten purvis, margaretta forten, frances ellen watkins harper, and mary ann shadd cary
theyheus: frances ellen watkins harper was the first african-american woman to publish a short story. "the two offers" (1859) was about women's roles in society. she was an influential abolitionist, suffragist, and reformer that co-founded the national association of colored women's clubs.
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GemilyJean: Abolitionist, feminist, renowned public speaker, teacher & ardent writer of much wisdom, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was the first female African-American to be published in the United States.
CelesteHeadlee: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, free-born and fierce, speaking a tough truth to Elizabeth Cady Station and Susan B. Anthony, and hundreds of other white women in New York in 1866.
CelesteHeadlee: I do not believe white women are dew drops just exhaled from the skies. I think that like men they may be divided into 3 classes, the good, the bad, & the indifferent.
--Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, 1866
C19Americanists: Domestic/Sentiment Division: Matchup 2
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s Iola Leroy vs Susan Warner’s The Wide, Wide World
womenwewrite: Amazing Woman! Learn more..
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Bmore_Elections: Born free and raised in Baltimore, Frances Harper was an abolitionist, suffragist, poet, activist, teacher, public speaker & writer. She was one of the 1st Black women to be published in the U.S.
Learn more about Frances Harper here:
re7382: ‘We are all bound up together’: The 19th’s fellows on the life and legacy of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
laurbanleague: Meet Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, a trailblazing poet, author, and lecturer who paved the way for African American women in the nineteenth century. As the first Black woman to publish a short story, she used her platform to advocate for abolition, suffrage, and reform. (1/3)
CardLinda: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was one the first African American women to publish a short story. She was an orator, an author, an activist, an abolitionist, a suffragist and a teacher. She spent 8 years traveling around the world giving anti slavery lectures and writing essays.
nsu_dhp: Today in 1911, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper died. Watkins Harper was born in 1825 and would go on to be a poet, author, and lecturer. She was the first black woman to publish a short story, an abolitionist, suffragist, and reformer.
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4thwallisreal: ‘We are all bound up together’: The 19th’s fellows on the life and legacy of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
eramshaw: ‘We are all bound up together’: The 19th’s fellows on the life and legacy of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
19thnews: The 19th's Frances Ellen Watkins Harper fellows are a testament to Harper’s enduring legacy, and to mark the anniversary of her passing as part of our ongoing Black History Month coverage, four of our fellows have reflected on what she means to them.
Thunderbolt210: This day in Black History:
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper died. She wrote more than a dozen books. Harper was the most famous female poet of her day and the most famous African-American poet of the 19th century.
She helped establish the National Association of Colored Women.
ctounsel1: 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 Ellen Watkins Harper
Died February 22, 1911
bekah_soul: Me and my colleagues took some time to honor Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, the mother of African American journalism. Check out what we had to say:
TheCamilleAE: ‘We are all bound up together’: The 19th’s fellows on the life and legacy of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
TheJusticeBell: ‘We are all bound up together’: The 19th’s fellows on the life and legacy of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
SheShouldRun: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was one of the most well-known Black poets of her time and a gifted speaker who worked for abolition and women’s rights, including suffrage in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Read her incredible story:
LookWhatSheDid: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was not only the first Black woman to publish a short story in the U.S., she was also a well-known abolitionist, poet, and suffragette.
Harper first became an abolitionist when she had heard that a Black man in her home state had been shipped t…
FreedmenOnGo365: Biography: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
DoverCollege: "And the sunbeams gave them welcome,
As did the morning air—
And scattered o’er their simple robes
Rich tints of beauty rare."
- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Thank you for this lovely picture, Mr Irwin, taken on The Close earlier today.
HerstoricalMnts: in Frances Ellen Watkins Harper honor
A Gathering At The Crossroads Monument (Commonwealth Monument)
State Capitol Grounds, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
nicholasbirns: Overlooked No More: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Poet and Suffragist - The New York Times
MLC_Research: Frances Harper– a name to recognize in the literary world–was the first African American woman to publish a short story. She went on to become an abolitionist, suffragist, poet, activist, teacher, and writer.
TheJaneClub: “I meet with a people eager to hear, ready to listen as if they felt that the slumber of the ages had been broken and that they were to sleep no more.” Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, poet, and suffragist, is overlooked no more.
TheJusticeBell: Overlooked No More: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Poet and Suffragist
NYTObits: Amid the suffrage movement the Black poet Frances Ellen Watkins Harper challenged her white counterparts. She said that until the nation was colorblind, democracy was far from reach. “You white women speak here of rights,” she said. “I speak of wrongs.”
GovWesMoore: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, a Baltimorean, a suffragist, poet, orator, and founder of the Watkins Academy for Negro Youth in Baltimore was a champion for equality.
Her life is a testament to the power of our stories.
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dawncil: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) was not only a poet and writer, but also an influential abolitionist & suffragist, advocating for both the woman's vote and the Black vote. Frances fought for educational opportunities for all.
terpsichore_los: Overlooked No More: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Poet and Suffragist - The New York Times
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revdrmeg: This is topical, as Harper was just recognized by the NY Times this week:
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fort_jeannine: “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 Ellen Watkins Harper
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libraryofmarvel: I have to admit that Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was new info for me
blastnost: “We are all bound up in one great bundle of humanity, and society can’t trample on the weakest and feeblest among its members without receiving the curse in its own soul.” <-Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
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ERACoalition: Frances Watkins Harper was born on September 24, 1825, in Baltimore, MD. She was the first African American woman to publish a short story. She spent her career pursuing equal rights, job opportunities, and education for African American women.
nytimesbooks: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was one of the best-known Black poets of the 19th century. She was also a renowned orator who spoke about the rights of women and enslaved people.
NYTObits: In “The Slave Auction,” one of her most famous poems, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper wrote: “And mothers stood with streaming eyes/And saw their dearest children sold;/Unheeded rose their bitter cries,/While tyrants bartered them for gold.”
JonSCollins: “You white women speak here of rights,” said Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, the lone Black person to speak that day. “I speak of wrongs.”
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readingkingdom: Fascinating bio. What an amazing woman.
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JLaurenceCohen: Awesome to see this coverage of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
DashDeCosta: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, the lone Black person to speak that day, challenged the room. Until the nation was colorblind, she said, true democracy remained far from reach. “You white women speak here of rights,” she said. “I speak of wrongs.”
ObitIndex: From New York Times Obituaries - Overlooked No More: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Poet and Suffragist
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nytimesbooks: In “The Slave Auction,” one of her most famous poems, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper wrote:
“And mothers stood with streaming eyes
And saw their dearest children sold;
Unheeded rose their bitter cries,
While tyrants bartered them for gold.”
Comfortdoll62: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s Influence on the Evolution of Black Liter...
drybonghit: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a poet, public speaker, teacher, and a figurehead of the abolitionist movement. Born in Maryland, she lost both of her parents as a toddler and came under the care of her aunt and uncle.
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