Harriet Martineau

This biography tells the remarkable life of Harriet Martineau, the pioneering Victorian writer, sociologist, and reformer who overcame deafness and ill health to become one of the most influential public intellectuals of her age. Miller traces Martineau’s work on economics, politics, women’s rights, and social reform with admiration and insight. For readers interested in the history of ideas and the struggles of women writers to be heard, it offers a compelling portrait of a determined and brilliant life. A sympathetic study of a trailblazing woman who helped shape nineteenth-century thought.