Ann Plato (ca. 1824–unknown) was a 19th-century mixed-race (African American and Native American) educator and author. She was the second woman of color to publish a book in America and the first to publish a book of essays and poems.
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“A good education is another name for happiness.”
—Ann Plato (1820–?)
“... farming conservatism, which consisted in holding that whatever is, is bad, and any change is likely to be worse.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)
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The crucial thing is never what we do, but always what we do right after that. What matters is always the next step!”
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