Constance Cary Harrison

Constance Cary Harrison (April 25, 1843 – November 21, 1920), was a prolific American writer. She was also known as Constance Cary, Constance C. Harrison, and Mrs. Burton Harrison, as well as by her nom de plume, Refugitta. She was married to Burton Harrison, a lawyer and American democratic politician. She and two of her cousins were known as the "Cary Invincibles"; the three sewed the first examples of the Confederate Battle Flag.

Read more about Constance Cary Harrison:  Life, Civil War Years, After The War

Famous quotes containing the words cary and/or harrison:

    “The will is never free—it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car—it can’t steer.”
    —Joyce Cary (1888–1957)

    “When and under what conditions is the black man to have a free ballot? When is he in fact to have those full civil rights which have so long been his in law?”
    —Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)