Quote of the day
Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. This, as the sages of many lands have taught us, is a golden rule in individual and group, as well as international, relations.
Harriet Hanson Robinson
Born: February 8, 1825
Died: December 22, 1911 (aged 86)
Bio: Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson, who worked as a bobbin doffer in a Massachusetts cotton mill as a child, was involved in a worker's strike, became a poet and author and played an important role in the women's suffrage movement in the United States.
Known for:
- Loom and Spindle (1898)
- Captain Mary Miller (1887)
- Massachusetts in the woman suffrage movement