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I find, by close observation, that the mothers are the levers which move in education. The men talk about it . . . but the women work most for it.

Source: The Coloured Women of America, 1878.
-- Frances Watkins Harper, (Sep 24 1825-1911), US poet; She was among the earliest U.S. black writers; wrote anti-slavery verse, 1850s-1860s; co-organized the National Association of Colored Women.

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