About
American author who was an important figure in the United States women's suffrage movement and wrote most of her work about the movement and her support of its ideals.
Before Fame
She worked as a school teacher in Peru in 1870 and later began writing woman's columns in a Terre Haute newspaper.
Trivia
She joined the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1896 and worked as a reporter.
Family Life
Her daughter, Winnifred Harper Cooley, has also worked as an author.
Associated With
She collaborated with journalist Susan B. Anthony on writing the History of Woman Suffrage.
