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