Robinson, Harriet Jane Hanson, 1825-1911

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Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson was an author (Loom and Spindle, 1898, etc.), women's suffrage leader, anti-slavery movement supporter, and promoter of women's clubs. She began working in a Lowell mill at the age of 10, and wrote for the Lowell Offering, where one of her poems caught the attention of William Stevens Robinson, an editor at the Lowell Courier. They were married in 1848. For further information see Notable American Women (1971).

From the description of Papers, 1847-1872 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122565650

Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson (1825-1911) was a former mill girl who wrote on factory labor and mill girls and worked to advance women's rights. In 1881 she wrote a history of "Massachusetts in the Woman Suffrage Movement" and was affiliated with Susan B. Anthony's National Woman's Suffrage Association. She was active in promoting women's clubs.

From the description of Letters to Mr. M.S. O'Donnell, 1904 June 16, 19, August 21, 1909 April 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 57240101

Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson was an author, (Loom and Spindle, 1898, etc.), women's suffrage leader, anti-slavery movement supporter, and promoter of women's clubs. She began working in a Lowell mill at the age of 10. For further information see Notable American Women (1971).

Harriette Lucy Robinson Shattuck, the oldest child of Harriet and William Stevens Robinson, helped her mother organize the National Woman Suffrage Association of Massachusetts, and was active in the founding of the General Federation of Women's Clubs and other organizations.

From the description of Papers of Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson and Harriette Lucy Robinson Shattuck, 1833-1937 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006828

Harriet Jane Hanson was born February 8, 1825 in Boston, the only daughter of William Hanson and Harriet (Browne) Hanson. After her father's death in 1831 Harriet moved with her mother to the mill town of Lowell, Mass. and at the age of ten began working in one of the mills. It was during this time that she began writing; some of this early work was published in the Lowell Offering. In 1848 she married William Stevens Robinson, an anti-slavery newspaper editor who used the pen-name "Warrington." Besides helping her husband with his anti-slavery and reform activities, Harriet Robinson became active in the advancement of women's rights. In 1881 she wrote a history of Massachusetts in the Woman Suffrage Movement and openly affiliated with Susan B. Anthony's National Woman Suffrage Association. She also continued to write about factory labor and mill girls ("Early Factory Labor in New England," 1889; Loom and Spindle, 1898) and was an enthusiastic promoter of women's clubs. She died at her home in Malden, Mass. December 22, 1911.

Harriette Robinson Shattuck, the first of William and Harriet (Hanson) Robinson's four children, was born December 4, 1850. Beginning in the 1860's she was active in the woman suffrage movement, later helping her mother organize the National Woman Suffrage Association of Massachusetts. In 1878 she married Sidney Doane Shattuck. Mrs. Shattuck also shared her mother's interest in women's clubs: in 1878 she helped found the "Old and New," a woman's club of Malden, Mass., and she was active in the formation of the General Federation of Women's Clubs in 1890. After her mother's death Mrs. Shattuck moved with her husband to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., later returning to Malden. She died March 24, 1937.

The Harriet Robinson papers include a large body of her family correspondence with her children, her husband, and other family members. Other correspondents include: Lucy Larcom, several Lowell mill girls, and suffrage leaders Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucy Stone. Annual diaries, dating from 1852 to 1908 with some gaps, and scrapbooks number over seventy volumes and contain early writings (published and unpublished), Lowell mill girl material, and newsclippings dealing primarily with women and suffrage. Seven of the scrapbooks were kept by Harriette Robinson Shattuck, except that the first of them was begun for her by her mother.

From the guide to the Papers, 1833-1937, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)

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referencedIn Strickland, Edward F., 1820-1907. Autograph collection, 1780-1918 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Robinson, Harriet Jane Hanson, 1825-1911. Papers, 1847-1872 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Pickard-Whittier papers, 1815-1915. Houghton Library
creatorOf Robinson, Harriet Jane Hanson, 1825-1911. ALS : to the editor of the Republican, [1886?]. Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square
referencedIn Cooke, Gregory D. Papers, 1837, 1939, 1984. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Rothman, Ellen K., 1950-. Harriet Hanson Robinson : a search for satisfaction in the 19th century woman suffrage movement, 1973. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Papers of Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson and Harriette Lucy Robinson Shattuck, 1833-1937 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Bird, Francis William, 1809-1894. Papers, 1826-1924; bulk: 1847-1889 Houghton Library
creatorOf Robinson, Harriet Jane Hanson, 1825-1911. Letters to Mr. M.S. O'Donnell, 1904 June 16, 19, August 21, 1909 April 14. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910. Papers, 1874-1910 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Woman's rights collection, 1853-1958 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Strickland, Edward F. Autograph collection, 1780-1918 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Nichols, C. I. H., Mrs. Letters, 1882-1883 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Redpath, James, 1833-1891. ALS : New York City, to Mrs. [H.H.] Robinson, 1886 June 17. Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square
referencedIn Louisa May Alcott papers, 1849-1931. Houghton Library
creatorOf Robinson, Harriet Jane Hanson, 1825-1911, and Shattuck, Harriette Lucy Robinson, 1850–1937. Papers, 1833-1937 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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correspondedWith Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 person
associatedWith American Woman Suffrage Association. corporateBody
correspondedWith Anna B. Windsor. person
associatedWith Anthony, Susan Brownell, 1820-1916 person
associatedWith Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906. person
correspondedWith Benjamin Franklin Robinson. person
correspondedWith Bird, F. W. (Francis William), 1809-1894 person
associatedWith Blackwell, Henry Browne, 1825-1909. person
associatedWith Brooks, Phillips, 1835-1893. person
associatedWith Browne [family] family
associatedWith Channing, W. H. (William Henry), 1810-1884. person
associatedWith Charles E. Libbie & Co., Auctioneers corporateBody
associatedWith Cogswell [family] family
associatedWith Colby, Clara Dorothy Bewick, 1846-1916. person
associatedWith Commonwealth of Massachusetts corporateBody
correspondedWith Concord School corporateBody
associatedWith Concord School of Philosophy. corporateBody
associatedWith Cooke, Gregory D. person
associatedWith Curtis, Harriot F. person
associatedWith Curtis, Harriot F. person
associatedWith Eddy, Eliza F. person
associatedWith Eddy, Eliza F. person
associatedWith Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts corporateBody
associatedWith Foster, Abigail Kelley, 1810-1887. person
associatedWith Foster, Rachel G. person
associatedWith Foster, Rachel G. person
associatedWith F. W. Bird person
associatedWith Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1826-1898. person
associatedWith General Federation of Women's Clubs. corporateBody
associatedWith Gilbert Haven person
correspondedWith G. W. Bashford person
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associatedWith Hanson family
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correspondedWith Harriet Browne Hanson. person
correspondedWith Harriet Jane Hanson. person
correspondedWith Harriot F. Curtis person
correspondedWith Henry H. Fuller. person
associatedWith Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911. person
associatedWith Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910. person
associatedWith Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. person
correspondedWith International Council of Women corporateBody
correspondedWith Jeremiah Albert Robinson person
correspondedWith John Wesley Hanson. person
associatedWith Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.) corporateBody
associatedWith Larcom, Lucy, 1824-1893. person
associatedWith Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. person
correspondedWith Martha Harriet Abbott person
associatedWith Mary Wollstonecraft person
associatedWith Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association. corporateBody
associatedWith National American Woman Suffrage Association. corporateBody
associatedWith National Woman Suffrage Association corporateBody
associatedWith National Woman Suffrage Association (U.S.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Nebraska Woman Suffrage Campaign. corporateBody
associatedWith Nichols, C. I. H., Mrs. person
associatedWith O'Donnell, Michael S., fl. 1892-1915, person
correspondedWith Peterson, Archy person
correspondedWith Redpath, James, 1833-1891. person
associatedWith Roach, Caroline. person
associatedWith Roach, Caroline (Carrie) person
associatedWith Robinson family. family
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associatedWith Robinson, William S. (William Stevens), 1818-1876. person
associatedWith Rothman, Ellen K., 1950- person
associatedWith Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917. person
associatedWith Shattuck, Harriette R. (Harriette Robinson), 1850-1937. person
associatedWith Sidney Doane Shattuck. person
associatedWith Sprague, Julia A. person
associatedWith Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902. person
associatedWith Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893. person
associatedWith Strickland, Edward F., person
associatedWith Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. person
correspondedWith Tudor, Frances person
associatedWith Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895. person
associatedWith Wells, Kate Gannett, 1838-1911. person
correspondedWith Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Lowell (Mass.)
Lowell, Mass.
Massachusetts--Lowell
New England
Lowell (Mass.)
Concord (Mass.)
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts--Malden
Nebraska
Malden, Mass.
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Family records
Labor and laboring classes
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Textile factories
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Women
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Women
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Birth 1825-02-08

Death 1911-12-22

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