Frances E. W. Harper — a remark

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“No race can afford to neglect the enlightenment of its mothers. If you would have strong men, virtuous women, and good homes, then enlighten your women.”

She places the education of women at the heart of the moral strength of a community. · Address, Enlightened Motherhood, 1892

About Frances E. W. Harper

Frances E. W. Harper

24 September 1825–22 February 1911

In the rich tapestry of nineteenth-century American literature and reform, few figures shine as brightly—or with as enduring a flame—as Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Born into freedom yet forged in the fires of racial injustice, she emerged as a poet of profound moral vision, a tireless abolitionist lecturer, a…

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