Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825–1911) was an African American lecturer, suffragist, and writer. Her book of antislavery verse, Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects (1854), sold thousands of copies. Her "The Two Offers" (1859) was the first short story published by an African American.[1]
She was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She married Fenton Harper in 1860. She headed the African American department of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. She had a hand in organizing the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, and became the organization's vice president. She died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1]
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Media
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, 1872
Frances Harper poetry collection, published in 1900
Title page of Iola Leroy or Shadows Uplifted, 1892
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, 1902
Frances E.W. Harper portrait, 1893
Frances Harper portrait, The Boston Globe, 1894
Frances Harper's home at 1006 Bainbridge Street, Philadelphia, built ca. 1870. Harper lived here through her old age until her death in 1911.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NWHM: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper". Archived from the original on 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
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