Which theme best reflects the ideals of modernist writers?
a) nature can heal an ailing spirit
b)hard work breeds financial succes
c)a person doesnt find love; love finds the person
d)the ideal has the capacity to disappoint

the number of people with jobs in factories as unskilled workers increased.

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.