Hulda Barker Loud (September 13, 1844 – April 6, 1911) was an American newspaper editor and publisher in Massachusetts who was an advocate for labor rights and equal rights for women.

[2] A strong advocate for equal rights and pay for women, she convinced the school board that she should be paid the same salary as a man.

[1][3] Five years later, she bought the business, which encompassed both the newspaper and a job-printing shop.

[1] Loud served on the school board for three years (1887–90) and addressed the town meetings on local issues.

[1] She represented the Knights of Labor at the 1888 International Council of Women meeting in Washington, D.C.[1][3] Loud died in Rockland on April 6, 1911, at the age of 66.