In February of each year, we celebrate Valentine’s Day. It is an opportunity to ac­ knowledge those people in our lives whom we love. The word “love” is a rich one that has several expansive connotations.  One of the definitions of love is “the feeling of benevolence and brotherhood that people should have for each other.” Frances Wisebart Jacobs and Emily Bissell are two of the many women from our book Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America, who personify this sister­ hood of compassion for other people.

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