Women in the Arts: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper #19forthe19th

“Let me make songs for the people,” wrote Frances, who performed her poetry like modern slam poetry, entertaining while educating about racial justice.
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper is one of the suffragists featured in the first Ask a Suffragist book, Stories and Wisdom from America’s First Feminists. Get it today!

Ask a Suffragist is participating in the United States National Archives' #19forthe19th Instagram Challenge, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment by posting photos of women from history each week for 19 weeks.

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Women in the Arts: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper #19forthe19th