*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK IOLA LEROY *** You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title: Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. The Project Gutenberg EBook of Iola Leroy, by Frances E.W. At the age of sixty-seven, Harper published Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted, becoming one of the first African American women to publish a novel. Over the course of her life, Harper founded and participated in several progressive organizations, including the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the National Association of Colored Women. In 1854, having established herself as a prominent public speaker and political activist, Harper published Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects, a resounding critical and commercial success. The following year, alongside chairman of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society William Still, she began working as an abolitionist in earnest, helping slaves escape to Canada along the Underground Railroad. In 1850, she began to teach sewing at Union Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, Harper became one of the first women of color to publish a work of literature in the United States when her debut poetry collection Forest Leaves appeared in 1845. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) was an African American abolitionist, suffragist, poet, and novelist.
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