Harper, Ida Husted (1853-1931)

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Ida Husted Harper to Jane Addams, September 25, 1912

Eleanor Howard Bush Woods to Jane Addams, August 21, 1912

Jane Addams to the New York Times, August 23, 1912

Jane Addams to the New York Times, August 23, 1912

Jane Addams to the New York Times, August 23, 1912

Louise de Koven Bowen for Jane Addams to Theodore Roosevelt, August 26, 1912

Frances Alice Kellor to Jane Addams, ca. Oct. 1912

Jane Addams to Ida Husted Harper, November 24, 1915

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Birth Date

1851-02-18

Death Date

1931-03-14

Birthplace

Fairfield, IN

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Ida Harper Husted Harper was a prominent figure in the United States women’s suffrage movement. She was an American author and journalist who wrote primarily to document the movement and show support of its ideals. Ida was born in Fairfield, Franklin County, Indiana to John Arthur Husted and Cassandra Stoddard. When Ida was 10 years old, her family moved to Munchie, Indiana in search for better school systems. Ida Husted Harper graduated from high school in 1868 when she was only a sophomore. After her graduation, she entered Indiana University. It did not take long until she withdrew from the university and became a teacher at a school in Peru, Indiana. After working at the school for over a year, she progressed and became the principal of the high school (Opdycke).

On December 28, 1871, she married Thomas Winans Harper of Terre Haute, Indiana, who went on to become a successful attorney and politician. The couple had a daughter named Winifred. They divorced in 1890. Harper passed in 1931.