1. Frances Harper - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Maryemma Graham, ed., The Complete Poems of frances E. W. harper, 1988. frances Smith Foster, ed., A Brighter Coming Day A frances Ellen Watkins harper http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Harper

Frances Harper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Frances Harper Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 24 September 22 February ) born to free parents in Baltimore, Maryland , was an African American abolitionist and poet edit Life and works Her mother died three years later and she was looked after by relatives. She was educated at a school run by her uncle, Rev. William Watkins until the age of thirteen when she found work as a seamstress. Her first volume of verse, Forest Leaves , was published in , the book was extremely popular and over the next few years went through 20 editions. In , she started working in Columbus, Ohio as a schoolteacher. Three years later in , she joined the American Anti-Slavery Society and became a travelling lecturer for the group. She was also a strong supporter of prohibition and woman's suffrage . She often would read her poetry at these public meetings, including the extremely popular Bury Me in a Free Land Harper served as Superintendent of Colored Work in the Women's Christian Temperance Union , and fought against the idea that alcohol abuse was a problem particular to African American men. ( The Gilded Age , p. 114)

2. Unitarian Universalist Biographical Dictionary The complete poems are available in Maryemma Graham, ed., Complete Poems of frances E. W. harper (1988). frances Smith Foster s A Brighter Coming Day (1990) http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/francesharper.html

Search the Dictionary Notes for Contributors Information Form Unitarian Universalist Association Unitarian Universalist Women's Heritage Society ... Notable American Unitarians Frances Harper Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825-February 22, 1911), was an African-American writer, lecturer, and political activist, who promoted abolition, civil rights, women's rights, and temperance. She helped found or held high office in several national progressive organizations. She is best remembered today for her poetry and fiction, which preached moral uplift and counseled the oppressed how to free themselves from their demoralized condition. Frances was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to free parents whose names are unknown. After her mother died in 1828, Frances was raised by her aunt and uncle. Her uncle was the abolitionist William Watkins, father of William J. Watkins, who would become an associate of Frederick Douglass. She received her education at her uncle's Academy for Negro Youth and absorbed many of his views on civil rights. The family attended the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church. At the age of fourteen, Frances found a job as a domestic in a Quaker household, where she was given access to their library and encouraged in her literary aspirations. Her poems appeared in newspapers, and in 1845 a collection of them was printed as

3. VG: Artist Biography: Watkins, Frances Ellen At the end of the Three Rediscovered Novels, in the text of Trial and Triumph, frances E. W. harper tells her readers, I have essayed to weave a story http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/entries/watkins_frances_ellen.html

Art Praxis Bios By Name By Date By Location ... Bios Frances Ellen Watkins b. 1825 The sale began-young girls were there, Defenseless in their wretchedness, Whose stifled sobs of deep despair Revealed their anguish and distress. -"The Slave Auction" Jump to: Biography and Criticism Selected Bibliography Non-English Materials Related Links Biography / Criticism Frances Ellen Watkins (Harper) was born in 1825 in Baltimore, Maryland, which was a free state at that time. Harper's mother died before she was three years old, leaving her an orphan. Harper was raised by her uncle, William Watkins, a teacher at the Academy for Negro Youth and a radical political figure in civil rights. Watkins was a major influence on Harper's political, religious, and social views. Harper attended the Academy for Negro Youth and the rigorous education she received, along with the political activism of her uncle, affected and influenced her poetry. After she left school in 1839, Harper's first poems were published in abolitionist periodicals, such as "Frederick Douglass' Paper." In 1845, Harper's first book of poems

4. Frances E.W. Harper --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on frances EW harper American author, orator, and social reformer who was notable for her poetry, speeches, http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9002866/Frances-EW-Harper

var britAdCategory = "history"; Already a member? LOGIN Encyclopædia Britannica - the Online Encyclopedia Home Blog Advocacy Board ... Free Trial Britannica Online Content Related to this Topic This Article's Table of Contents Frances E.W. Harper Print this Table of Contents Linked Articles abolitionism temperance woman suffrage Woman's Christian Temperance Union ... National Association of Colored Women Shopping New! Britannica Book of the Year The Ultimate Review of 2007. 2007 Britannica Encyclopedia Set (32-Volume Set) Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. New! Britannica 2008 Ultimate DVD/CD-ROM The world's premier software reference source. Frances E.W. Harper Page 1 of 1 born September 24, 1825, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. died February 22, 1911, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Frances E.W. Harper, engraved portrait. Corbis in full Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Frances Ella Watkins American author, orator, and social reformer who was notable for her poetry, speeches, and essays on abolitionism temperance , and woman suffrage Harper, Frances E.W....

5. Frances E. W. Harper frances EW harper links to information and all texts available on the web, information. http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/harper.htm

Home Literary Movements Timeline American Authors ... American Literature Sites Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) Selected Bibliography on Iola Leroy Biographical sketch and links at the Bedford/St.Martin's site Teaching guide from the Heath Anthology iste Quotations and lesson plans from the African American Writers Online site. Brief essay on Harper's role in the Underground Railroad . (U C Davis) Lucy Delany, From the Darkness Cometh the Light (note Harper's use of "Delany" as a character name) Iola Leroy, or, Shadows Uplifted (HTML text separated by chapters at the Schomburg Library of African American Women Writers site; best edition to use for class purposes) Works Forest Leaves (1845; no copy of these poems survives) Moses: A Story of the Nile (poems, 1854, 1869; 20 editions by 1871) At Project Gutenberg: Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted (English) Minnie's Sacrifice (English) Poems (English) Sowing and Reaping (English) Trial and Triumph (English) Poems illustrated HTML version at the University of Virginia "Enlightened Motherhood" (speech;1892) (

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7. PAL: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) The Complete Poems of frances E.W. harper. New York Oxford University Press, 1988. Hanaford, Phebe A. Daughters of America. Augusta, Maine True and Co., http://web.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap5/harper.html

PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide - An Ongoing Project Paul P. Reuben (To send an email, please click on my name above.) Chapter 5: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) Primary Works Selected Bibliography 1980-Present MLA Style Citation of this Web Page A Brief Biography ... Home Page A pioneering journalist, author of fiction and poetry, and a professional lecturer, Frances Harper has had a remarkable life. Active in abolitionism, suffrage, and the temperance movement, she lived long enough to see her efforts rewarded. She gets credit for introducing the tradition of African American protest poetry. Famous during her lifetime, Harper used her prestige and writings to fight racism and also make strong feminist statements. Primary Works Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects , 1854; "The Two Offers," (short story), 1859; Sketches of Southern Life , (poems), 1872; Iola Leroy or Shadows Uplifted , (novel), 1892; The Martyr of Alabama and Other Poems Complete Poems of FEWH . NY: Oxford UP, 1988. PS1799 .H7 A17

8. The San Antonio College LitWeb Frances E.W.Harper Page Edited by frances Smith Foster. Beacon, 1994. See also A Brighter Coming Day A frances Ellen Watkins harper Reader. Edited with an introduction by Francis http://www.accd.edu/Sac/english/bailey/fharper.htm

The Frances E. W. Harper Page Major Works Minnie's Sacrifice, Sowing and Reaping, Trial and Triumph: Three Rediscovered Novels . Edited by Frances Smith Foster. Beacon, 1994. See also A Brighter Coming Day: A Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Reader . Edited with an introduction by Francis Smith Foster. The Feminist Press, 1990. Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects Minnie's Sacrifice Sowing and Reaping Sketches of Southern Life On Line Trial and Triumph Iola Leroy Page Images . Reprint with an introduction by Frances Smith Foster. Oxford, 1988. Atlanta Offering Poems on line About Harper PAL: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper . Bibliography, assessment. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper from Voices From the Gaps. A Harper Biographical Sketch Back to Chronology Back to American Women Writers

9. African-American Literature Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Contains information on the acquisition of Iola Leroy or shadow uplifted. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/rec_acq/lit/harper.html

Iola Leroy: or shadow uplifted Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Iola Leroy: or shadows uplifted, This important work was published in the author's native Philadelphia, and is only the second by an African American woman. It is indeed rare. A moralistic story of a wealthy fair-skinned family of mixed race who are betrayed by a family member, and are sold into slavery just before the Civil War. A section of the cover is shown below. The titlepage is also available.

10. Enlightened Motherhood - Frances E W Harper An Address Before the Brooklyn Literary Society, November 15, 1892. http://womenshistory.about.com/library/etext/bl_harper_motherhood.htm

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12. Rights For Women frances Ellen Watkins harper, African American lecturer, author, frances harper frances Ellen Watkins harper, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs http://www.nwhm.org/RightsforWomen/Harper.html

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, African American lecturer, author, and suffragist, was the best known Black poet since Phillis Wheatley. Her antislavery verse, Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (LC-USZ62-118946) NWHM Homepage

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Frances E.W. Harper AfroPoets.Net Famous Black Writers o Home o Poetry Board o PoeticQ.com - Famous Writers Gallery o PoeticSpace.com - MySpace For Poets... Picture Brief Bio Frances Ellen Watkins (Harper) was born in 1825 in Baltimore, Maryland, which was a free state at that time. Harper's mother died before she was three years old, leaving her an orphan. Harper was raised by her uncle, William Watkins, a teacher at the Academy for Negro Youth and a radical political figure in civil rights. Watkins was a major influence on Harper's political, religious, and social views. Harper attended the Academy for Negro Youth and the rigorous education she received, along with the political activism of her uncle, affected and influenced her poetry. After she left school in 1839, Harper's first poems were published in abolitionist periodicals, such as "Frederick Douglass' Paper." In 1845, Harper's first book of poems, Forest Leaves, was published. This book was perhaps inspired by the time in her childhood spent in nature, when she would gather leaves tinted by the sun to stimulate her imagination. In 1850, Harper left Baltimore in order to become the first woman to teach at Union Seminary in Wilberforce, Ohio. Her acceptance of the position was met with considerable protest. The principal of the school at the time, Reverend John M. Brown (who later led the famous revolt at Harper's Ferry), supported Harper, saying, "She has firmly braved the flood of opposition which has manifested itself from the beginning and I take great pleasure in commending her to the favorable notice of the brethren."

14. Frances E.W. Harper, Phillis Wheatley, And Alice Dunbar-Nelson Phillis Wheatley, Alice DunbarNelson, and Francis E. W. harper were all groundbreaking and poignant authors whose works have remained influential http://www.gwu.edu/~e73afram/cc-sc-sh.html

Return to front page The Political, Feminist, and Religious view of Frances E.W. Harper, Phllis Wheatley, and Alice Dunbar-Nelson By: Caitlin Connolly, Stacia Casillo, and Shenice Hackett Phillis Wheatley, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and Francis E. W. Harper were all groundbreaking and poignant authors whose works have remained influential throughout time. Feminism, politics, and religion are three aspects evident in their personal lives an d literature. Wheatley was considered a feminist icon because she was the first published African American female poet. However, her writing did not deal with feminist issues, rather, they focussed on religious and political themes. Unlike Wheatley, Harper's femi nist views are incorporated into her work. She uses religion as a method to express her political and social views. Dunbar-Nelson, a writer of all genres, brought together her personal beliefs and activism into many pieces of her work. Political and fe minist issues were important aspects of her personal life, which served as important themes throughout her literature. Religion, while not as prevalent, also presented itself, most specifically through her poetry. PHILLIS WHEATLEY BIOGRAPHY Phillis Wheatley is the first published African American writer. She was born in 1753 in West Africa. She was kidnapped from Africa and sold as a slave when she was around seven or eight years old. She was purchased by a wealthy family that taught h er how to read and write. Wheatley showed great intelligence in her writing style.

15. Poems, By Frances E. W. Harper - Full Text Free Book frances E. W. harper The Black Heritage Library Collection First Published 1895 POEMS BY frances E. W. harper Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so http://www.fullbooks.com/Poems-by-Frances-E-W-Harper.html

Poems, by Frances E. W. Harper Poems By FRANCES E. W. HARPER The Black Heritage Library Collection First Published 1895 POEMS BY FRANCES E. W. HARPER Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. ISAIAH 60:15. CONTENTS. PAGE My Mother's Kiss . . . . . . . . . . 1 A Grain of Sand . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Crocuses . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Present Age . . . . . . . . . . 6 Dedication Poem . . . . . . . . . . 9 A Double Standard . . . . . . . . . 12 Our Hero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 The Dying Bondman . . . . . . . . . 17 A Little Child Shall Lead Them . . . 19 The Sparrow's Fall . . . . . . . . . 21 God Bless Our Native Land . . . . . 23 Dandelions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 The Building . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Home, Sweet Home . . . . . . . . . . 26 The Pure in Heart Shall See God . . 28 He Had Not Where to Lay His Head . . 30

16. Frances E. W. Harper Literary Society - Newark Public Library The frances E.W. harper Literary Society meets in the James Brown African American Room the first Wednesday of each month, September to June, http://www.npl.org/Pages/ProgramsExhibits/fewh.html

The Frances E.W. Harper Literary Society meets in the James Brown African American Room the first Wednesday of each month, September to June, from 6:30 to 8:00pm, unless otherwise noted. For more information call 973-733-5411. Dorothea M. Moore, Chairperson 2007-2008 Schedule of Events Saturday, September 15, 2007 Open Registration James Brown African American Room 12:00 - 1:00 pm September 19, 2007 Remembering "Separate but Equal" and Brown v. Board of Education Film Program and Discussion: Ruby Bridges October 3, 2007 Science Fiction In Memory of Octavia E.Butler Fledgling October 13, 2007 Spoken Word Celebration Memorial Program in recognition of Halim Suliman Centennial Hall 1:00 pm November 7, 2007 Not Easily Broken: A Novel by T.D. Jakes December 5, 2007 A Hand To Guide Me by Denzel Washington with Daniel Paisner January 2008 Happy New Year! No scheduled meeting February 6, 2008 Celebrating Black History Month Remembering Their Voices Centennial Hall March 5, 2008 Celebrating Women's History Month The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir by Victoria Rowell Centennial Hall April 16, 2008

17. Frances E.W. Harper@Everything2.com frances harper was made a vicepresident of the NACW in 1897. A selection of her poetry entitled, Poems was published as part of the Black Heritage Library http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=981328

18. Frances E.W. Harper - Songs For The People frances EW harper Songs for the People , Poem. And the hearts of men grown tender Girdle the world with peace. frances E. W. harper http://judithpordon.tripod.com/poetry/frances_e_w_harper_songs_for_the_people.ht

Casa Poema - Famous Poems, New Poetry, Photos and Quotes Frances E.W. Harper - Songs for the People Home Page Poems Famous Poets Quotes ... Success! Songs for the People LET me make the songs for the people,     Songs for the old and young; Songs to stir like a battle-cry     Wherever they are sung. Not for the clashing of sabres,     For carnage nor for strife; But songs to thrill the hearts of men     With more abundant life. Let me make the songs for the weary,     Amid life's fever and fret, Till hearts shall relax their tension,     And careworn brows forget. Let me sing for little children,     Before their footsteps stray, Sweet anthems of love and duty,     To float o'er life's highway. I would sing for the poor and aged,     When shadows dim their sight; Of the bright and restful mansions,     Where there shall be no night. Our world, so warn and weary,     Needs music, pure and strong, To hush the jangle and discords     Of sorrow, pain, and wrong. Music to soothe all its sorrow,     Till war and crime shall cease; And the hearts of men grown tender     Girdle the world with peace.

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Home Timeline Editors' Choice Biographies ... Back To Britannica Harper, Frances E.W. Frances E.W. Harper in full Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Frances Ella Watkins born September 24, 1825, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. died February 22, 1911, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Frances E.W. Harper, engraved portrait. Corbis American author, orator, and social reformer who was notable for her poetry, speeches, and essays on abolitionism , temperance, and woman suffrage. Frances Watkins was the daughter of free black parents. She grew up in the home of an uncle whose school for black children she attended. At age 13 she went to work as a domestic in a Baltimore, Maryland, household but continued her education on her own. About 1845 she published a collection of verses and prose writings under the title Forest Leaves Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects Anglo-African Magazine In 1860 Frances Watkins married Fenton Harper. When he died in 1864, she returned to the lecture platform. After the Civil War, Harper made several lecture tours of the South with addresses on education, temperance, and other topics, and in 1872 she published Sketches of Southern Life , a series of poems told in black vernacular. From 1883 to 1890 she was in charge of activities among blacks for the national Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She became a director of the American Association of Education of Colored Youth in 1894, and in 1896 she helped organize the

20. Poetry:Frances E.W. Harper Check this site to read poems by frances E.W. harper. It offers links to other sites on the Web exclusively devoted to nineteenthcentury women s literature http://bedfordstmartins.com/introduction_literature/poetry/harper.htm

Frances E.W. Harper LINKS Frances Ellen Watkins Harper http://www.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl413/harper.htm Gonzaga University English professor Donna Campbell's nineteenth century American Novel Web site includes this page on Harper, replete with selected bibliography, list of published works, and links to Project Muse and American Literature sites. The 19CWWW Etext Library: Frances E.W. Harper http://www.unl.edu/legacy/19cwww/books/elibe/harper/harchloe.htm This site, maintained by Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers , features a special page on nineteenth-century American women writers. Check this site to read poems by Frances E.W. Harper. It offers links to other sites on the Web exclusively devoted to nineteenth-century women's literature, reviews, excerpts and interviews, journals and publishers. The Underground Railroad Site: Frances E.W. Harper http://education.ucdavis.edu/new/stc/lesson/socstud/railroad/FranBio.htm This site, maintained by two students at the University of California at Davis, offers a brief biography of Harper and her role as a prolific writer and lecturer for the African American Writers: Online E-Texts http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/afroonline.htm

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