Harriette A. Keyser

Harriette A. Keyser (July 27, 1841 – October 9, 1936) was an American industrial reformer, social worker, and author. Keyser was a prominent figure in the struggle for the betterment of industrial conditions. It was through her efforts, that many reforms, accepted today as ordinary business procedure, were instituted. Keyser’s name was most closely associated with Church Association for the Advancement of the Interests of Labor (C. A. I. L.), founded in 1887, and the Working Woman’s Society. She was one of the organizers of the New York Woman Suffrage Association, 1893–95. She served as editor of C. A. I. L.'s organ, Hammer and Pen, and published three books. and was well fitted to instruct others along these lines.

Selected works Novels On the Borderland (1882) (text) Thorns in Your Sides (1884)

Biographies Bishop Potter, the People's Friend (1910) (text)