Ida Husted Harper

About

American author who was an important figure in the United States women's suffrage movement and wrote most of her work about the movement and her support of its ideals.

Before Fame

She worked as a school teacher in Peru in 1870 and later began writing woman's columns in a Terre Haute newspaper.

Trivia

She joined the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1896 and worked as a reporter.

Family Life

Her daughter, Winnifred Harper Cooley, has also worked as an author.

Associated With

She collaborated with journalist Susan B. Anthony on writing the History of Woman Suffrage.