Quote of the day
My husband is exceedingly busy. For some time the talk of his going had been slack, but just now again there seems to be a move to get him sent to the front!
Elizabeth Oakes Smith

Born: August 12, 1806
Died: November 16, 1893 (aged 87)
Bio: Elizabeth Oakes Smith was a poet, fiction writer, editor, lecturer, and women’s rights activist whose career spanned six decades, from the 1830s to the 1880s.
Known for:
- The Western Captive and Other Indian Stories
- Liberating the Home