Harriet G. R. Wright (dates needed)
In 1898 Harriet Goodrich Rosenkrans Wright won office as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives (also called the General Assembly), running as a Populist on a fusion ticket. She served two years. She also served for four and one-half years as a member of the Board of Control of the State Industrial School for Girls.
Party Affiliation :
Populist
Photograph :
Resources :
Joseph G. Brown, The History of equal suffrage in Colorado, 1868-1898, chapter 8, reprinted at http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/naw:@field(DOCID+@lit(rbnawsan1331div11))
Rosenkrantz Geneaology: http://www.rosenkrantz-genealogy.org/Book/S17_G6C.html
Women’s Who’s Who of America
[Additional Notes]:
Wright, the mother of four sons, was active in political, philanthropic, and club work. She became the director of the Colorado Equal Suffrage Association and also served as president of the Woman’s Club of Denver. Like a number of activist women, she belonged to the Woman’s Press Association, writing sketches and stories, and contributing many articles to papers on suffrage matters.