Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
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