Beatrice Harraden

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After studying at Queen's and Bedford Colleges in London, Harraden was introduced into the literary world by the writer Eliza Linton, who referred to her as 'my little B.A.'. Her first novel Ships in the Night, published in 1893, was a huge success and published into many languages. Her novels touched on the suffragist cause and she became committed to securing the vote for women. She spoke at many of the Women's Social and Political Union meetings and contributed to their journal Votes for Women. Her household belongings were sold after she refused to pay income tax after women were refused the vote for parliament in 1910. After the auction, she suffered an injury to her eye after police encouraged up to 400 children to throw missiles at her during a public meeting she had organised.