Ida Husted Harper
Ida Husted Harper (February 18, 1851 – March 14, 1931) was an American author, journalist, columnist, and
suffragist, as well as the author of a three-volume biography of suffrage leader
Susan B. Anthony at Anthony's request. Harper also co-edited and collaborated with Anthony on volume four (1902) of the six-volume ''
History of Woman Suffrage'' and completed the project by solo writing volumes five and six (1922) after Anthony's death. In addition, Harper served as secretary of the
Indiana chapter of the
National Woman Suffrage Association, became a prominent figure in the
women's suffrage movement in the U.S., and wrote columns on women's issues for numerous newspapers across the United States. Harper traveled extensively, delivered lectures in support of women's rights, handled press relations for a women's suffrage amendment in
California, headed the
National American Woman Suffrage Association's national press bureau in
New York City and the editorial correspondence department of the Leslie Bureau of Suffrage Education in
Washington, D.C., and chaired the press committee of the
International Council of Women.
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