Image: Women of distinction - remarkable in works and invincible in character (1893) (14598047448)

Description: Identifier: womenofdistincti00scru (find matches) Title: Women of distinction : remarkable in works and invincible in character Year: 1893 (1890s) Authors: Scruggs, L. A. (Lawson Andrew), 1857-1914 Subjects: North Caroliniana African American women African Americans Women Publisher: Raleigh : L. A. Scruggs Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina, Government & Heritage Library Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS members and Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: 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 uncle.Rev. William Watkins, until she was thirteen years old.After this the burden of earning her own bread was laidupon her own shoulders; certainly a very heavy burden Text Appearing After Image: JA^z^^ciJ W. (yr. Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Women of distinction - remarkable in works and invincible in character (1893) (14598047448)
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