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.

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