Harriet Schneider French

Harriet Schneider French (1824 – September 5, 1906) was an American physician and temperance movement activist.

[7] Drexel University College of Medicine indicates that French received her medical degree in 1864 but doesn't name the institution,[3] only that it was in Pennsylvania.

[2] French spoke about the relation of alcohol to medicine during the First Woman's National Temperance Convention.

She served as president of the Women's Homeopathic Society of Pittsburgh, and for 50 years of the Philadelphia County branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).

[3] In addition to her work against alcohol consumption, French called on the WCTU to fight the cigarette habit.