Harriet Martineau’s Autobiography, 2 vols.
Thinking she was close to death Martineau wrote her autobiography in 1855 but lived for another 20 years. She recounts her activities in various mid-19th century reform movements, her struggle to become a professional writer, and her work in popularizing the ideas of free market political economy.
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- Author: Harriet Martineau
- Editor: Maria Weston Chapman
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Harriet Martineau’s Autobiography, ed. Maria Weston Chapman (Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1877). 2 vols.
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The text is in the public domain.