Elizabeth Blair Lee Quotes

United States, Activist
June 20, 1818 – September, 13, 1906.

Elizabeth Blair Lee was an American woman who lived through the American Civil War, and wrote hundreds of letters describing the events of the times to her husband, Samuel Philips Lee.

The Sound of battle fell upon my ear & heart all day yesterday - even after dark the cannon's insatiate roar continued.

Elizabeth Blair Lee
- Heart
- Battle
- Roar
It's now up to the states to figure out how they implement that definition of a well-rounded education, in other words, where they spend federal funds. The new law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, has suggestions like computer science, health, foreign language and geography. So there's no guarantee the arts will now flourish. Arts advocates are ready to help states and school districts with their plans.

Elizabeth Blair Lee
- Science
- Education
- Plans

Anger is the poorest of counselors, and revenge is suicide.

Elizabeth Blair Lee
- Anger
- Revenge
- Suicide
Elementary and high school students will still be tested under the new law. There just won't be so much riding on the scores. Also the arts didn't disappear under the old law, No Child Left Behind. But, Christopher Woodside of the National Association for Music Education says with so much time spent testing math and reading, the arts suffered.

Elizabeth Blair Lee
- Law
- Students
- Suffered
Surely tis by faith we are upheld thro such trials-justice will be meted in time to those who fill soft places and malign men who perform heroic duties.

Elizabeth Blair Lee
- Men
- Faith
- Justice