Quote of the day
This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
At this still hour the self-collected soul
Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there
Of high descent, and more than mortal rank;
An embryo God; a spark of fire divine.
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

Born: May 28, 1941
Died: January 2, 2007 (aged 65)
Bio: Elizabeth Ann Fox-Genovese was a feminist American historian particularly known for her writing about women and society in the Antebellum South. She became a primary voice of the conservative women's movement. She was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2003.
Known for:
- Within the plantation household (1988)
- Feminism is not the story of my life (1996)
- Slavery in White and Black






