Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825, Baltimore, MD – February 22, 1911, Philadelphia, PA); born to free parents; began working as a seamstress at age 14; began writing career, 1839 for anti-slavery; published first book of poetry, 1845, second bok, 1854; published short story "The Two Offers", 1859 in Anglo-African Magazine, first Black woman to publish a short story; wrote 3 seialized novesl, 1868-1888, and Iola Leory, 1892; worked as the first female teacher at Union Seminary, Ohio, 1850; joined the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1853; supporter of abolitionism, prohibition, suferage; 1858 she refused to give up her seat or ride in the "colored" section of a segregated trolley car in Philadelphia; gave speech at National Women's Rights Convention, demanding equal rights for all, including Black women, 1866; friends include Mary Shadd Cary, Ida B. Wells, Victoria Earle Matthews, and Kate D. Chapman; organized the National Association of Colored Women in 1894 with Mary Church Terrell, elected vice president, 1897
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