Yes, this is Life; and everywhere we meet, Not victor… - Elizabeth Oakes Smith

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Yes, this is Life; and everywhere we meet, Not victor crowns, but wailings of defeat.

Elizabeth Oakes Smith

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Elizabeth Oakes Smith (née Prince; August 12, 1806 – November 16, 1893) was an American poet, fiction writer, editor, lecturer, and women's rights activist whose career spanned six decades, from the 1830s to the 1880s.

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Alternative Names: E. Oakes Smith • Elizabeth Oakes Prince • Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith

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