Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, born free in Baltimore, Maryland, on September twenty-fourth, eighteen twenty-five, was a pioneering figure in American literature and social activism. She began her prolific career at the young age of twenty with the publication of her first book of poetry. Over the years, she became a prominent abolitionist, suffragist, and women's rights activist, using her voice to advocate for social change.

In eighteen fifty, Harper took on the role of a teacher at Union Seminary in Columbus, Ohio, where she taught domestic science. Her commitment to the abolitionist cause deepened while living with William Still, a key figure in the Underground Railroad. By eighteen fifty-three, she had joined the American Anti-Slavery Society, marking the beginning of her impactful career as a public speaker and political activist.

Harper's literary contributions were significant, with her collection, Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects, published in eighteen fifty-four, establishing her as the most popular African American poet of her time. Notably, her short story