Harriet Beecher Stowe Was Born On This Day


Harriet Beecher Stowe: (June 14, 1811- July 1, 1896)

Stowe was an abolitionist and the author of the novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Upon meeting her, Abraham Lincoln allegedly remarked, “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.”

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William Butler Yeats Was Born On This Day


W.B. Yeats: (June 13, 1865- January 28, 1939)

Poet and playwright William Butler Yeats was the first Irishman to win the Nobel Prize in literature. A few of his more famous works include The Tower and Deirdre.

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