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226 in his possession two portraits of Frances Wright, one taken when she was about twenty, and the other taken toward the close of her life, writes thus of the difference between the two pictures:

“The young face is oval-shaped; graceful curls shade the forehead and neck; the eyes are soft; and the mouth and chin feminine. The second face bears a resemblance to the first, but it is the resemblance of a father to his daughter. She wears no cap; her hair still curls, but it is short, and does not cover the frowning wisdom of her large forehead. The lower part of her face is broad and firm, and all the expression is that of a woman of stern experience. Well, there is history written in that face. She was the rough pioneer of the Woman's Rights reform, that is so respected and so well supported at present. Never woman had to brazen herself as she did to initiate that movement. If there is any good in that movement, the world owes something to the courage of Frances Wright.”