Harriet Grim

Harriet Elizabeth Grim (February 25, 1881 – September 7, 1967) was an American suffragist and professor of speech.

[1] By her early twenties, Grim had already gained national attention for her work advocating for equal suffrage.

An Iowa newspaper at the time credited Grim's oratory skills along with her youth and beauty for bringing support to the plank.

"[1] When the Illinois state senate passed its equal suffrage bill in 1911, Grim was the only woman present.

[5] In 1914, she traveled to North Dakota to give speeches and urge the passage of a state suffrage amendment there.