Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
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Harriet Martineau, English novelist, economist, and social reformer.
From the guide to the Harriet Martineau manuscript material : 11 items, ca. 1834-1861, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.)
English author and traveler.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Stockbridge, Massachusetts, to Judge Joseph Story, [1836] May 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871427
Harriet Martineau, journalist and author, best known for Society in America (1837).
From the description of Letter : to unidentified recipient, 1872 Feb 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702179349
Author and economist.
From the description of Papers of Harriet Martineau, 1835. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454370
English author, political journalist, and feminist, Harriet Martineau visited the United States (1834-1839) and became associated with the anti-slavery cause.
From the description of Letter, 1837. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007226
Harriet Martineau was an English author, activist, and public figure. She wrote on topics including education, the antislavery movement, women's rights, political economy, religion, farming, and foreign policy, as well as novels, travel books, and children's stories.
From the description of Harriet Martineau diary excerpt, 1836. (Iowa Sate Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70295455
English writer and journalist. A lifelong abolitionist, she served as English correspondent for the American Anti-Slavery Standard. She also wrote about the United States, having traveled there between 1834 and 1836.
From the description of Harriet Martineau letter : Niagara Falls, to Rev. Charles Brooks, Hingham, 1834 Oct. 19. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 77546771
British writer.
From the description of Deerbrook : autograph manuscript, [ca. 1839]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270953134
From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Louisa C. Jeffrey, [1837] May 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 678624954
Harriet Martineau was an author, journalist, social commentator, and leading feminist intellectual in the second half of the nineteenth century. She was most noted for her economic, social, and political contributions to the theories of her day, particularly on political economy, positivist philosophy, agnosticism, radical causes, emancipation and the abolition of slavery, equal rights for women, and better working conditions for domestic, agricultural, and factory laborers.
From the description of Women, emancipation and literature: the papers of Harriet Martineau, 1802-1876 (inclusive), [microform]. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 122569068
English author.
From the description of Letter, [undated]. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70941759
From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Tynemouth, to Edward Moxon, 1844 Mar. 16-[no year] Nov. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270608593
Born to manufacturing family in Norwich, England, Martineau was a versatile writer with a wide range of interests. A philosopher and economist, she was at the heart of the Victorian literary and social life.
From the description of Harriet Martineau papers, 1800-1994 (bulk 1821-1875) (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 40479363
Harriet Martineau was an eclectic and somewhat controversial English author, activist, and public figure, noted for the clarity of her wide-ranging mind. She wrote on an array of topics, including education, the antislavery movement, women's rights, political economy, religion, farming, and foreign policy, as well as novels, travel books, and children's stories. The respect she was accorded for her intelligence and ability was always tempered by Victorian views on gender roles. She continues to hold an ambiguous, almost contradictory, position in Victorian society.
From the description of Harriet Martineau letters and portrait, 1848-1865. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 56559046
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From the guide to the Harriet Martineau Papers, 1800-1994, (bulk 1821-1875), (The Bancroft Library)
Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) was a political economist, author, journalist, social commentator and leading feminist intellectual. She published widely and her publications included popular works on economics, several novels, and various children's stories. She was also a regular contributor to and editorial writer for the 'Daily News' and 'Edinburgh Review'.
She was born in Norwich in 1802, the fifth child of Thomas Martineau and Elizabeth Rankin Martineau. She began her literary career at a young age and her first her first article on 'Female Writers on Practical Divinity' appeared in the Unitarian periodical, 'The Monthly Repository' in 1821. Her first major successful work was 'Illustrations of Political Economy' (1832-34), which was quickly followed by 'Poor Law and Paupers Illustrated' (1833), and 'Illustrations of Taxation' (1834). She visited America between 1834 and 1836 and on her return wrote 'Society in America' (1837) and 'Retrospect of Western Travel' (1838). She continued to travel, visiting Italy, Egypt and Palestine, after which she published 'Eastern Life' (1848). Later publications included 'History of England during the Thirty Years' Peace' (1849) and a translation of Comte's 'Philosophie Positive' (1853). She lived initially in London then moved for a short time to Tynemouth near Newcastle to be near her brother but from the 1840s lived at Ambleside in the Lake District.
Harriet Martineau was an exceptional correspondent throughout her life and exchanged letters not just with publishers but also with political, literary and other prominent individuals of the time. She suffered from ill health for many years and also had impaired hearing. During her later life she was cared for by her nieces, most notably Maria Martineau.
From the guide to the Harriet Martineau, Letters Additional of, 1840-1890, (University of Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections)
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- Economists
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- England (as recorded)
- Washington (D.C.) (as recorded)
- Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) (as recorded)
- England (as recorded)
- England (as recorded)
- Queenston (Ont.) (as recorded)
- Great Britain (as recorded)
- New York (State) (as recorded)