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Frances Harper

1825 - 1911

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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 read novel Iola Leroy (1892), placing her among the first Black women to publish a novel. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frances Harper is the 1,994th most popular writer (up from 6,305th in 2019), the 2,929th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,269th in 2019) and the 236th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Frances Harper ranks 1,994 out of 7,302. Before her are Virginia Henderson, Jacques Collin de Plancy, Jovan Dučić, Jean-Dominique Bauby, Uhwudong, and Juan Donoso Cortés. After her are Walter Tevis, Paul Morand, Ahad Ha'am, Péter Esterházy, Mirza Shafi Vazeh, and Elizabeth of the Trinity.

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Among people born in 1825, Frances Harper ranks 29. Before her are George Phillips Bond, Mór Jókai, Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, and R. M. Ballantyne. After her are Edward Frankland, Hervé, Hans Gude, Friedrich von Schmidt, Charles Lavigerie, and Émile Ollivier. Among people deceased in 1911, Frances Harper ranks 32. Before her are Alexandre Guilmant, Jules Brunet, Jozef Israëls, Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, George Johnstone Stoney, and Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko. After her are Heinrich Hofmann, Maurice Rouvier, Jack Daniel, James Curtis Hepburn, Sister Nivedita, and Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frances Harper ranks 2,929 out of 20,380. Before her are Malcolm Glazer (1928), Julius Erving (1950), Richard Holbrooke (1941), George Hamilton (1939), Jeffrey Jones (1946), and Kevin Mitnick (1963). After her are Mehmet Oz (1960), Nancy Allen (1950), Judy Chicago (1939), Walter Tevis (1928), Carol W. Greider (1961), and Matt Cameron (1962).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Frances Harper ranks 236. Before her are Maria Shriver (1955), Agnes Smedley (1892), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), Nicholas Sparks (1965), William Moulton Marston (1893), and Virginia Henderson (1897). After her are Walter Tevis (1928), Langston Hughes (1902), Audre Lorde (1934), Jane Jacobs (1916), Bernard Malamud (1914), and Eugene Nida (1914).

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