Ida A. <I>Husted</I> Harper

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Ida A. Husted Harper

Birth
Franklin County, Indiana, USA
Death
14 Mar 1931 (aged 80)
District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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She was married to her husband, Thomas W. Harper, on 28th December 1871. They divorced 10th February 1890.
Author and journalist. Known for her writings about women and for her documentation of the woman suffrage movement. She wrote The Life and Works of Susan B. Anthony volume 3, 1898 to 1908, and later volumes IV to VI, 1900 to 1922 and became the sole biographer of Susan B. Anthony. She wrote "The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony", which was published in three volumes. In 1887 she helped organize the woman suffrage society in Indiana and in 1896 she joined the national woman suffrage association where she worked as a reporter and historian. She collaborated with Susan on the "History of Woman Suffrage" and in 1920 her efforts contributed to the success of the movement when women were guaranteed the right to vote by the addition of the nineteenth amendment. She updated the History of Woman Suffrage in 1922 by adding the fifth and sixth volumes.
She was married to her husband, Thomas W. Harper, on 28th December 1871. They divorced 10th February 1890.
Author and journalist. Known for her writings about women and for her documentation of the woman suffrage movement. She wrote The Life and Works of Susan B. Anthony volume 3, 1898 to 1908, and later volumes IV to VI, 1900 to 1922 and became the sole biographer of Susan B. Anthony. She wrote "The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony", which was published in three volumes. In 1887 she helped organize the woman suffrage society in Indiana and in 1896 she joined the national woman suffrage association where she worked as a reporter and historian. She collaborated with Susan on the "History of Woman Suffrage" and in 1920 her efforts contributed to the success of the movement when women were guaranteed the right to vote by the addition of the nineteenth amendment. She updated the History of Woman Suffrage in 1922 by adding the fifth and sixth volumes.


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