Harraden, Beatrice, 1864-1936

Beatrice Harraden was an English author and activist for women's suffrage. She attended Queen's College and Bedford College, earning degrees in mathematics and classics. She became a popular author of novels and short stories, and also wrote essays, plays, and children's books. Her fiction generally features strong female characters, reflecting her deep involvement with the women's suffrage movement. She founded the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903 in an effort to facilitate the activities of various women's groups.

From the description of Beatrice Harraden letters and obituary, ca. 1900-1936. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54667708

British author and suffragette, best known for her debut novel "Ships That Pass in the Night" (1893) about a tuberculosis sanatorium.

From the description of Beatrice Harraden letters to S. S. McClure and unidentified recipient [manuscript], [1897?] Mar 5 - Dec 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 420491861

Beatrice Harraden (1864-1936) was an English novelist and social activist. Harraden was born in Hampstead, the younger daughter of Samuel Harraden and Rosalie Lindstedt. She was educated in Dresden, at Cheltenham, Queen's, and Bedford colleges and received a BA from London University. Active in the suffragette movement, Harraden travelled widely in the United States and Europe, and made her appearance in London literary circles in the 1890s as a ward of Mrs. Lynn Linton. Despite her public profile in the women's suffrage movement, Harraden was reportedly private and shy in her personal life. A passionate advocate of woman's rights, it was the cause, not the individual woman that stirred her enthusiasm. Harraden wrote seventeen novels between 1891 and 1928. Her second book, Ships That Pass in the Night (1893) was an inexplicable success. None of her later novels ever achieved the same popularity. Harraden died at Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire, May 5, 1936.

From the description of Beatrice Harraden manuscript. [191-?] (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 419909957

English novelist and suggragist.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Joan Severn, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 763416348

Beatrice Harraden was one of the best known British Suffragette writers, she was a popular novelist who was heavily involved in the Suffragette tax resistance campaign. She was one of the first members of the Women's Social and Political Union, and a vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League. Her short stories and factual reports were published in the Suffragette newspaper, VOTES FOR WOMEN. To most of her readers, Harraden was best-known as the author of the best-selling sentimental romance, SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT (1894).

From the description of Things will take a turn : manuscript, 1888 / by Beatrice Harraden. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 74217117