How Was Harriet Martineau Viewed During Her Time?

How was Harriet Martineau viewed during her time?

Harriet Martineau lived during the early nineteenth- century. She was a novelist, educator, children's writer, journalist, environmentalist, social scientist, philosopher of naturalism and a feminist. During her time she published about two thousand newspaper columns and articles and over fifty books. She was defiantly not the common typical woman of her time. Many called her The Woman Who Thought Like a Man

Many during her lifetime liked her and admired her for being so different and having the courage and the passion to doing what she did to earn a living. However, during this time, women didn't have rights and were viewed as inferior to men. That being said Harriet Martineau was also viewed as an outlier or an outcast. She was becoming well known and rising to the top.

The thought of a woman becoming successful on her own wasn't something that men or society wanted to see and there's where she made a lot of enemies. Despite of her enemies and the ones who disagreed with her she was still a great success. " She was doing pretty well for a dying person." Someone during her lifetime had said. Many were jealous of her success while others were happy for the leader and role model for many females during that time and till this day that she as become to be.

In conclusion, Harriet Martineau was a great woman who spoke out against everything and anything she was able to. In my eyes she was a hero she strived to make a better living then the people who didn't believe in her and she was able to break out of what her stand in society was supposed to be. She was a strong woman despite all of her disabilities she managed to be a great success and a role model for many young women. Harriet Martineau once said "You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow." that's exactly what she did, making her a wealthy, admirable and great woman.