Ida Husted Harper, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ida Husted Harper

American suffragist and writer

Date of Birth: 18-Feb-1851

Place of Birth: Franklin County, Indiana, United States

Date of Death: 14-Mar-1931

Profession: writer, suffragette, biographer, journalist, suffragist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ida Husted Harper (February 18, 1851 – March 14, 1931) was an American author, journalist, columnist, and suffragist, as well as the author of a three-volume biography of suffrage leader Susan B.
Anthony at Anthony's request.
Harper also co-edited and collaborated with Anthony on volume four (1902) of the six-volume History of Woman Suffrage and completed the project by solo writing volumes five and six (1922) after Anthony's death.
In addition, Harper served as secretary of the Indiana chapter of the National Woman Suffrage Association, became a prominent figure in the women's suffrage movement in the U.S., and wrote columns on women's issues for numerous newspapers across the United States.
Harper traveled extensively, delivered lectures in support of women's rights, handled press relations for a women's suffrage amendment in California, headed the National American Woman Suffrage Association's national press bureau in New York City and the editorial correspondence department of the Leslie Bureau of Suffrage Education in Washington, D.C., and chaired the press committee of the International Council of Women.