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Yes, this is life; and everywhere we meet,
Not victor crowns, but wailings of defeat.


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The measure of capacity is the measure of sphere to either man or woman.

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Elizabeth Oakes Smith

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:
  1. The Western Captive and Other Indian Stories
  2. Liberating the Home

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