Harriet Law, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Harriet Law

British freethinker

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1831

Place of Birth: Hundred of Ongar, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 19-Jul-1897

Profession: writer

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Harriet Teresa Law (née Frost, 5 November 1831 – 19 July 1897) was a leading British freethinker in 19th-century London. The daughter of a small farmer, she was raised as a "Strict Baptist" but de-converted back to atheism.
She became a salaried speaker for the secularist movement and addressed many often hostile audiences around the country.
She was invited to sit on the general council of the First International, the only woman to do so, where she engaged in debate with prominent communists including Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
From 1877 to 1878 she published The Secular Chronicle, which covered subjects such as socialism, atheism and women's rights.