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Also Known As Frances Ellen Watkins • Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Born September 24, 1825 • Baltimore • Maryland
Died February 22, 1911 (aged 85) • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Notable Works “Iola Leroy; or, Shadows Uplifted” • “Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects” • “Sketches of Southern Life” • “The Two Offers”

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