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Her work is deeply rooted in the history and culture of Black people in America ... Considered among the most inspirational African American poets, Harper was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in ...

As history (or herstory) has developed, with the hard work of both female and male leaders, our country has grown so much in feminism and has accepted that all men, and women, are created equal.