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A Brighter Coming Day
''A Brighter Coming Day'' is a compilation of works by Frances Harper, written between 1853 and 1911. It is edited and introduced by contemporary literary scholar Frances Smith Foster Frances Smith Foster (born 1944) is an American researcher and emeritus Professor of African-American studies and women's history. She has previously served as the Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Women's Studies at Emory Universit ... and divides the text into four sections representing different periods of Harper's life and including her letters, poetry, essays, speeches, and short fiction. ReferencesThe Literary Encyclopedia African-American literature {{anthology-book-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Harper
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an American abolitionist, suffragist, poet, temperance activist, teacher, public speaker, and writer. Beginning in 1845, she was one of the first African-American women to be published in the United States. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, Harper had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at the age of 20. At 67, she published her widely praised novel ''Iola Leroy'' (1892), placing her among the first Black women to publish a novel. As a young woman in 1850, she taught domestic science at Union Seminary in Columbus, Ohio, a school affiliated with the AME Church. In 1851, while living with the family of William Still, a clerk at the Pennsylvania Abolition Society who helped refugee slaves make their way along the Underground Railroad, Harper started to write anti-slavery literature. After joining the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1853, Harper began her career as a public speake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Smith Foster
Frances Smith Foster (born 1944) is an American researcher and emeritus Professor of African-American studies and women's history. She has previously served as the Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Women's Studies at Emory University. Early life and education Foster grew up in Dayton, Ohio. Her parents were Quinton Smith, a truck driver and Mabel Smith (née Gullette), a beautician. They had four other children. Smith attended the all black Wogaman Elementary School and graduated from Roosevelt High School. She earned her bachelor's degree at Miami University, where she studied education. She made Phi Beta Kappa and graduated cum laude. She earned a master's degree at the University of Southern California in 1971. After graduating Foster moved to the University of California, San Diego, where she investigated slave narratives as part of a doctoral programme in British and American literature. She has said that during her graduate studies in the 1970s she did not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
