What does thrust means??

Thrust means push (something or someone) suddenly or violently in the specified direction or a sudden or violent lunge with a pointed weapon or a bodily part. Words that is similar to thrust is impel, impetus, punch, press, stab, wallop, charge, poke, shove, dig and clout.

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.