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The hidden story of two African American women looking out from the pages of a 19th-century book

  • Written by Kate Clarke Lemay, Historian, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
The hidden story of two African American women looking out from the pages of a 19th-century bookMary E. Harper (left) and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (right), whose two photos in 'Atlanta Offering' are unusual. Unidentified Artist, 1895, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library, Emory University, Author provided

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