Harriet Martineau

1802–1876

Nationality: English

Historical Period: The 19th Century

Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) was unusual for being a professional full-time writer at a time when few women were able to pursue such a career. She was a translator, novelist, speech writer, and journalist who wrote a popular defence of the free market, pioneering travel writing about a trip to America, and on the woman question.

Martineau featured as the June 2022 OLL Birthday. Read it here

Quotes from Harriet Martineau:

• Harriet Martineau on the institution of slavery, “restless slaves”, and the Bill of Rights
• Harriet Martineau condemns tariffs as a “vicious aristocratic principle” designed to harm the ordinary working man and woman

Titles from Harriet Martineau:

• Author: Harriet Martineau’s Autobiography, 2 vols.
• Author: Harriet Martineau’s Autobiography, vol. 1
• Author: Harriet Martineau’s Autobiography, vol. 2 and Memorials of Harriet Martineau
• Author: Illustrations of Political Economy 9 vols.
• Author: Illustrations of Political Economy, vol. 1
• Author: Illustrations of Political Economy, vol. 2
• Author: Illustrations of Political Economy, vol. 3
• Author: Illustrations of Political Economy, vol. 4
• Author: Illustrations of Political Economy, vol. 5
• Author: Illustrations of Political Economy, vol. 6
• Author: Illustrations of Political Economy, vol. 7
• Author: Illustrations of Political Economy, vol. 8
• Author: Illustrations of Political Economy, vol. 9
• Author: Illustrations of Taxation (1-5)
• Author: Retrospect of Western Travel, 3 vols.
• Author: Retrospect of Western Travel, vol. 1
• Author: Retrospect of Western Travel, vol. 2
• Author: Retrospect of Western Travel, vol. 3