Frances E. W. Harper (1825-1911), a popular lecturer, poet, and author, was a leader in the suffrage and temperance movements and a founding member of the National Association of Colored Women.
One of the most significant contributions to early Black
literature. -Jane Campbell, Belle Lettres
"This edition of Iola Leroy, with Hazel Carby's introduction, is
required reading." -Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
"A moving rite of passage story, the 'ordeal of suffering' of an
enlightened black girl growing up. . . . A superior book." -Doris
Grumbach, National Public Radio
"In an era full of extraordinary black women, Frances Watkins
Harper . . . was one of the most extraordinary among them. If she
had published nothing else, Iola Leroy would have been sufficient
of her to claim a place among the intellectuals of her time."
-Nellie McKay, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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