Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Today I wanted to share this speech given 125 years ago this day, by a black woman. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an African-American abolitionist, suffragist, poet and author. She was also active in other types of social reform and was a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, which advocated the federal government … [Read more...] about Sunday Open Thread: The words of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper