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Frances Wright, 1795-1852
Born Dundee, Scotland
As a young girl in Scotland, Frances Wright developed an intense admiration for the Declaration of Independence. The document inspired her lifelong commitment to social reform and prompted her to encourage the United States to live up to its democratic ideals. Her book Views of Society and Manners in America (1821) praised the positive effects of liberty and freedom while denouncing the injustice of slavery.
Nagel & Weingaertner Lithography Company, after Johan Gorbitz, c 1852 |