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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, the first African American woman to publish a short story and also an influential abolitionist, suffragist, and reformer.
Unit Plan
Cengage Learning

Studying Francis Ellen Watkins Harper

For Students 9th - 10th
This Houghton Mifflin site prepared by Elizabeth Ammons is a study site about Francis Ellen Watkins Harper, the 19th century African American author.
Activity
University of Toronto (Canada)

Selected Poetry of Frances Ellen Watkins (1825 1911)

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected full texts of poems by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Aunt Chloe", "The Drunkard's Child", and "The Slave Mother." Includes overview of the author's life and works.
eBook
University of Michigan

American Verse Project: Atlanta Offering: Poems, by Frances e.w. Harper

For Students 9th - 10th
Searchable text of poems by Francis Ellen Watkins Harper, from the book "Atlanta Offering."
eBook
University of Virginia

Univ. Of Virginia: Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Virginia Library provides a wonderful selection of Frances Harper poems. Each poem is individually linked for easy access to one of interest. Includes images.
eBook
Other

Iola Leroy, Or, Shadows Uplifted

For Students 9th - 10th
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's novel is offered by the Schomburg African American Women Writers project in machine-readable form.
Primary
University of Virginia

The University of Virginia: Sketches of Southern Life

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Virginia Library resource provides the text for Frances Harper's "Sketches of Southern Life," which is a collection of poems. The full text of many of Harper's poems are available.
Website
Other

Mossell, n.f.: A Sketch of Afro American Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
This site by N.F.Mossell looks at the history of Afro-American Literature. Beginning on page 59 of the text, Francis Ellen Watkins Harper is discussed along with her contributions to Afro-American Literature.