The Road to Liberation

Kate Clifford Larson is like my inspiration right now. One of my teachers wanted us to go see her speak about Harriet Tubman tonight. I was getting tired to I really didn't want to but I ended up going anyways- I think it's worth a grade. I'm glad I did because it was pretty interesting. I applaud Harriet Tubman, naturally. But just as inspirational is Larson.

She worked in a bank (I think? Sorry, I was so fascinated by her gypsy/hippie-like appearance and also this girl who was sporting a school-girl outfit... SORRY.) until she decided that she was not happy and went back to school. She ended up studying African-American studies and Women Studies. Completely fascinated by Harriet Tubman, Larson went to find some biographies about Tubman. She didn't find much. Many were written for kids; others were incredibly old. Eventually Larson started a quest to learn more about the activist. She uncovered many, many records. Larson took her information and wrote a book: Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero. It was the first non-juvenile Tubman biography to be published in 60 years.

Larson strikes me as so absolutely incredible. She found something she really liked and actually made a contribution to the subject. If I could achieve 1/3 of what she has I'll be one happy camper.