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.
Margaret Ashmun

Born: July 10, 1875
Died: March 15, 1940 (aged 64)
Bio: Margaret Eliza Ashmun was an American writer from Rural, Wisconsin. She trained as a teacher and taught for a few years then concentrated on her writing.
Known for:
- The Study and Practice of Writing English (1914)
- No School To-Morrow (1926)
- The Heart of Isabel Carleton (1917)
- Isabel Carleton in the West (1919)