Quote of the day
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained obscure because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort.
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







