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#valentines — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Worst Wingman Ever (The Improbable Meet-Cute collection) “That’s the thing about kindness. You never know how big the ripple is” Sale: $1.99 to $0.99 by Abby Jimenez Rating: 4.2/5 (48,896 Reviews) #Romance #Contemporary #Books #ShortRead #MeetCute #Kindness #Valentines #BookSky

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  2. 💔 Couples 💔

    "If one stands in so intimate a relationship with a man as I do with Douglass, one comes to know facets of the whole world, of men + women, which would otherwise remain closed, especially if it is a man whom the entire world has seen + whom so many women have loved."

    A 20 year friendship between Frederick Douglass & German born feminist, freethinker, + abolitionist Ottilie Assing was to end in tragedy. After learning that Douglass had married Helen Pitts, Assing killed herself by swallowing cyanide in a public park in Paris. As per her will all her letters with Douglass were burned. She bequeathed him ongoing income from a trust fund + his choice of books from her library.

    #couples #FrederickDouglass #ottillieassing #lovestories #valentinesday #lovestory #abolitionists #valentines #tragiclove

  3. 🩶 Couples 🩶

    “Love came to me, + I was not afraid to marry the man I loved because of his color”

    Frederick Douglass & Helen Pitts married 2 years after the death of his 1st wife Anna. He was 66 + she, 46. They married amid a storm of controversy. Both families objected to the marriage. Douglass’ children felt his marriage was a repudiation of their African American mother. Pitts' family, alrhough friends to Douglass + abolitionists, stopped speaking to her. The couple remained married for 11 years, until his death in 1895.

    #couples #FrederickDouglass #HelenPitts #lovestories #valentinesday #lovestory #abolitionists #valentines

    Helena is seated in the photo with her sister standing