Robert Hass Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: b. March 1, 1941
Birthday: March 1
In the beginning of the 19th century, maybe forty percent of women and fifty percent of men could produce a signature, which meant that they'd had at least three years of education because it was in third grade that people started penmanship in the 19th century. And of course black people could get killed if they got caught teaching themselves to read in some parts of the country.
source: Source: www.guernicamag.com
topic: Country, Teaching, Men, Third Grade, Penmanship
