Unpaid work never commands respect; it is the paid worker who has brought to the public mind conviction of woman's worth.
-Harriot Stanton Blatch
Harriot Stanton Blatch was born in Seneca Falls, New York. Blatch was the daughter of another well-known suffragist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Her father was also active in reform by contributing to the cause of anti-slavery work. Blatch was born into the world of reform and she would contribute to reform movements just like her parents did.
Harriot began to tour with her mother overseas and in America after finishing her schooling. After meeting her husband, William Blatch, Harriot lived in England for about twenty years. Moving to England put no restrictions on her work in the suffragist community. Blatch moved back to America in 1902 and became an active in the Women’s Trade Union and the National American Suffrage Association. Harriot founded the Equality League of Self-Supporting Women in 1907. This organization was devoted to bringing women in the workforce into the women’s right movement. While following in the footsteps of her mother, Harriot aided to the suffrage movement.
