Mon, 11 March 2019
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an African-American abolitionist, suffragist, poet, teacher, public speaker, and writer. She was active in social reform and was a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, which advocated the federal government taking a role in progressive reform. Her writings, poetry, and theology all leaned towards Universalism. Within her powerful life story, we may find lessons for our own to encourage, challenge and inspire us. |