Quote of the day
From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever,
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
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






