. Women of distinction : remarkable in works and invincible in character. ndensed narrative of the lifeand works of Mrs. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper thewriter makes no pretensions to a development of any newfacts not already known to the reading public, but sim-ply tells the old, old facts that seem each time that theyare told more wonderfully sweet because of theunderlying forces of real inspiration which the simplestory of her life contains. This wonderful woman wasborn in the city of Baltimore, Md., in 1825. ^^^parents were not slaves, and yet she was subjected to theinconveniences and ill
. Women of distinction : remarkable in works and invincible in character. ndensed narrative of the lifeand works of Mrs. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper thewriter makes no pretensions to a development of any newfacts not already known to the reading public, but sim-ply tells the old, old facts that seem each time that theyare told more wonderfully sweet because of theunderlying forces of real inspiration which the simplestory of her life contains. This wonderful woman wasborn in the city of Baltimore, Md., in 1825. ^^^parents were not slaves, and yet she was subjected to theinconveniences and ill influences of the slave law, whichheld within its grasp both bond and free. Before herthird year the dearest of all friends—mother—had beentaken from her by death; being the only child, she cameunder the watch-care of an aunt who cared for her dur-ing her earlier years and sent her to school to an William Watkins, until she was thirteen years this the burden of earning her own bread was laidupon her own shoulders; certainly a very heavy burden. JA^z^^ciJ W. [yr.
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