Harriot stanton blatch biography of christopher
Harriot Stanton Blatch was an American women rights movement leader, who fought against the slave trade and other social injustices in American society.!
Blatch, Harriot (Eaton) Stanton 1856-1940
PERSONAL:
Born January 20, 1856, in Seneca Falls, NY; died November 20, 1940, in Greenwich, CT; daughter of Henry Brewster and Elizabeth (Cady) Stanton; married William Henry Blatch (a businessman), 1882; children: Nora, Helen.
Further, Blatch used the racial reasoning her expansionist opponents relied on to justify annexation, suggest- ing that if American women were willing to put up.
Education: Vassar College, B.A. (with honors), 1978, M.A., 1894; also attended Boston School of Oratory, 1879.
CAREER:
Author and activist. Unsuccessfully ran for public office. Wartime service: Served as head of the speakers' bureau of the Food Administration and as director of the Woman's Land Army during World War I.
MEMBER:
Equality League of Self-Supporting Women (founder, 1907; name changed to Women's Political Union, 1910; later merged with National Woman's Party), Women's Local Government Society (member of executive committee), Women's Liberation Federation (member of executive committee), Fabian Society (member of executive committee), Women's Trade Union League, National American Woman Suff