we have their thoughts francis ellen harper one of my most beloved figures from this book she not only speaks but has a different political philosophy to put on the table and we're all bound up together in humanity it really says it's not the elizabeth cady stanton narrow view but in fact as a black woman because i'm at the crossroads of racism and sexism women like me should be at the center because the coalition manages to lift me up we are all lifted up politically and empowered. but my point is that story is often told to vilify white women or black men. but in both instances it is a story told as if the women were not there in fact francis harper fought off both stanton and douglas she spoke about violence and sexual violence and the specific plate of african-american women in the country and in the face of freedom and the struggle around citizenship. she doesn't get the hearing she might in that meeting, but her ideas leave a legacy that will pick up and work through even through today. >> you also quote her to say that white right on - - white women speak of rights and black wom