E. W. Harper was a Prominent Social Reformer and Fighter for Women’s Suffrage
Words: 1010 Pages: 3 1628Frances E. W. Harper was a prominent social reformer and activist in numerous progressive organizations. She was an abolitionist who fought racial injustice through public orations and written compositions. Civil rights historian Carla Peterson argues that Harper's writing became the tutelary activity through which she pressed for change throughout her lifetime. Harper certainly wrote within and for the black community. Her interests were, however, more expansive than the single issue of abolition. Harper's populist outreach works consistently demonstrated attention both […]