 Frances A. Rollin, murwiri wezvematongerwe enyika, mudzidzisi, uye munyori, pamwe chete nehanzvadzi dzake ina, vakabatsira zvikuru mune zvematongerwe enyika mukati meNguva Yokuvakazve. Frances akaberekwa muna 1844, muCharleston, South Carolina, kumhuri yavanhu vane ruvara rwakasununguka. Iri raiumbwa neboka duku remhuri dzaiva noukama hweropa kana kuroorana, uye dzaiva dzakapfuma zvikuru uye dzaiva nepfuma inokosha, kusanganisira varanda. Vakanga vane ganda rakachena, vakadzidza, uye vazvibata zvakanaka uye nenzira inoremekedzeka. Vaidzorawo mabhuku aiverengwa, uye vakatanga sangano ravo. Rimwe resangano rakanga raumbwa raiva sangano reBrown Fellowship. Iyi nzanga yakatangwa muna 1790 uye yakanga yakazarukira bedzi varume vakasununguka vane ganda rakajeka. Baba vaFrances, William, vaiva nhengo. Pane zvishoma zvinozivikanwa pamusoro paamai vake. William Rollin akanga ari mwana wevaFrench vokuHaiti, uye aibva mumhuri dzairemekedzwa zvikuru muSanto Domingo. Mukuwedzera akanga ari mutengesi akapfuma wamatanda namapuranga, uye aiva nepfuma inokosha, yakadai savaranda. Akamira akasimba panheyo yake yokuti vanasikana vake vose vagamuchire dzidzo yapamusoro. Frances, dangwe, akatumirwa kuPhiladelphia kunotora kosi yevakadzi paQuaker Institute for Colored Youth, kwaakatanga basa rake semunyori uye mutsigiri wevakadzi, uye kodzero dzevanhu. Pashure pokudzokera kuCharleston, South Carolina, Frances akadzidzisa muzvikoro zvaitsigirwa neAmerican Missionary Association. Frances nehanzvadzi yake vakatsigirawo kodzero dzevakadzi uye kodzero dzekuvhota, nekutsvaga madzimai evanhu vatema uye vachena veRepublican kuti vabatane navo muhondo. Katherine naCharlotte vakaronga musangano wekodzero dzevakadzi wakaitwa muna 1870 muColumbia, South Carolina, uyewo vakatanga bazi reSouth Carolina reAmerican Woman Suffrage Association. 