Harriet as First Name

Harriet Ann Jacobs            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Harriet Ann Jacobs: was an American abolitionist and writer. She is best-known as the writer of the 1861 book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, published under the pseudonym Linda Brent.

Harriet Tubman            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Harriet Tubman: was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the U.S. Civil War. After escaping from captivity, she made thirteen missions to rescue over seventy slaves using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry, and in the post-war era struggled for women's suffrage

Harriet Andersson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish
Harriet Andersson: a Swedish actress, best known for being one of Ingmar Bergman's regular actresses.She often played impulsive working class characters and quickly established a reputation on screen for her youthful, unpretentious, full-lipped sensuality. She disdains the use of makeup.

Harriet V. Hunt            Origin/Culture/Country: English
Harriet V. Hunt: is an English chess player and four times British Ladies' champion.A high profile player from an early age, she won five British Junior Girls titles between 1989 and 1991. Even more significant was her (1991) share of the British Junior Under-14 title, when she became the first girl to compete victoriously in the Boys/Open section of the national championships.

Harriet Martineau            Origin/Culture/Country: English
Harriet Martineau: was an English writer and philosopher, renowned in her day as a controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long feminist.As early as 1831, Martineau wrote on the subject "Political Economy" (as the field of economics was then known). Her goal was to popularize and illustrate the principles of laissez faire capitalism, though made no claim to original theorising.Martineau's reflections on Society in America published in 1837 are prime examples of her approach to the area later known as sociological methods. Her ideas in this field were set out in her 1838 book How to Observe Morals and Manners. Her belief was that the life of any society is influenced by some very general social laws, including the principle of progress

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