Mary Sarah Bilder, Founders Professor of Law at Boston College Law School, sheds light on this inspiring female figure in her book Female Genius: Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the Dawn of the Constitution, which unpacks Harriot’s role in making the Constitution more inclusive.
This Sunday marks Constitution Day, also known as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, a commemoration of the Sept. 17, 1787 signing of the U.S. Constitution.