Frances E.W. Harper

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
Author
abolitionist
gptkbp:activeYears 1850s-1910s
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:American_Anti-Slavery_Society
gptkb:National_Association_of_Colored_Women
gptkb:Women's_Christian_Temperance_Union
gptkbp:awards Honorary_Doctorate_from_Wilberforce_University
gptkbp:born September 24, 1825
gptkbp:children gptkb:George_Harper
gptkb:Mary_E._Harper
gptkb:William_Harper
gptkbp:died February 22, 1911
gptkbp:genre Fiction
Poetry
Essays
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Frances E.W. Harper
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Alice_Walker
gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
gptkb:Nella_Larsen
gptkb:James_Weldon_Johnson
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
Sojourner Truth
gptkbp:knownFor Advocating for women's rights
Advocating_for_African_American_rights
Literary_contributions_to_African_American_literature
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableEvent First African American woman to publish a novel in the U.S.
Participated in the 1863 National Anti-Slavery Convention
Published her first book of poetry in 1854.
Delivered a famous speech at the 1893 World's Congress of Representative Women
Helped_establish_the_National_Association_of_Colored_Women_in_1896
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Sketches_of_Southern_Life
gptkb:Iola_Leroy
gptkb:The_Poems_of_Frances_E.W._Harper
gptkbp:occupation novelist
poet
lecturer
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Baltimore,_Maryland
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:F._M._Harper