Part of: Harriet Martineau’s Autobiography, 2 vols. Harriet Martineau’s Autobiography, vol. 1

• Harriet Martineau (author)
• Maria Weston Chapman (editor)

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.