Laidlaw, Harriet Burton (1873-1949)

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Jane Addams to Harriet Burton Laidlaw, April 10, 1912

Harriet Burton Laidlaw to William J. Gaynor, May 19, 1912

Harriet Burton Laidlaw to Rhinelander Waldo, May 19, [1912]

Harriet Burton Laidlaw to Jane Addams, July 8, 1912

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, April 17, 1912

Chinatown Crowd Fled, June 26, 1912

Mary Ware Dennett to Jane Addams, October 15, 1912

Speech on Woman Suffrage, March 9, 1914

Impressions of Political Movements in the Orient, March 29, 1924 (excerpts)

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Birth Date

1873-12-16

Death Date

1949-01-25

Birthplace

Albany, NY

Biographical Text

Harriet Burton Laidlaw was a suffragist and social reformer. She attended Albany Normal College, later becoming a teacher in New York City. Laidlaw went on to earn degrees from Barnard College and Illinois Wesleyan University, while also taking summer courses at Harvard, the University of Chicago, and Oxford University. Laidlaw was active in the suffrage movement and held numerous leadership positions, including Chairman of the Borough of Manhattan Woman Suffrage Party. She was also a founder of the League of Civil Service and of the League of Nations Non-Partisan Association.

Laidlaw married James Lees Laidlaw in 1905. They had one daughter together. After James' death, Laidlaw married Dana Converse Backus in 1933. Laidlaw died in 1949.

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Social reform activist

Teacher

Woman suffrage activist

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Dwyer, Christina

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Public domain

Gender

Female

First appears

1912

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Laidlaw, H. B. (Harriet Burton), 1874-1949. Papers of Harriet Burton Laidlaw, 1851-1958: A Finding Aid, Harvard University Library.

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“Laidlaw, Harriet Burton (1873-1949),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed July 27, 2024, https://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/4172.