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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
Born:
August 12, 1806
Died:
November 16, 1893
(aged 87)
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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
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