Harriet G. R. Wright

Harriet Goodrich Rosenkrans Wright (October 11, 1845 – September 15, 1928) was an American politician and suffragette who served in the Colorado House of Representatives.

Harriet G. R. Wright
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
In office
1899–1901
Personal details
Born
Harriet Goodrich Rosenkrans Wright

(1845-10-11)October 11, 1845
East Troy, Wisconsin Territory, U.S.
DiedSeptember 15, 1928(1928-09-15) (aged 82)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Other political
affiliations		Populist
Spouse(s)Henry Wright
Children4
FatherCyrus E. Rosenkrans
EducationRockford College

Life

Harriet G. R. Wright was born on October 11, 1845, to Cyrus E. Rosenkrans in East Troy, Wisconsin Territory. She married Henry Wright, a pioneer who had lived in the Colorado Territory during its foundation in 1861, and would have four children with him. In 1872, she and her family moved to Colorado, and later moved to Denver in 1882.[1]

In 1898, she was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives under a Populist-Democratic fusion ticket, and ran for state senate in 1912 as a Democrat, but was defeated. She served as the vice chairwoman of The People's Party Arapahoe County Central Committee in 1900.[2] She later served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association's affiliate in Colorado.[3] During the 1900 United States presidential election she supported William Jennings Bryan and served as a committee member on a pro-Bryan women committee.[4]

In 1922, she moved to California along with one of her children before dying on September 15, 1928 in Los Angeles, after four years of illness.[5]

References
  1. "Women Legislators". The Leon Indicator. August 10, 1899. p. 1. Archived from the original on December 12, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Biographical Sketch of Harriet G. R. Wright".
  3. "Flirting With Suffragists". The Los Angeles Times. November 21, 1908. p. 5. Archived from the original on December 12, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Women Declare For William J. Bryan". The Fort Collins Express and The Fort Collins Review. November 21, 1908. p. 5. Archived from the original on December 12, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Femine Legislator Succumbs". The Los Angeles Times. October 20, 1900. p. 28. Archived from the original on December 12, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
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