Harriot F. Curtis

Harriot F. Curtis (16 September 1813 - 29 September 1889) was an American writer and editor best known as a writer for and co-editor of the Lowell Offering.

Early life Harriot F. Curtis was born on September 16, 1813 in Kelleyvale, Vermont (renamed Lowell, Vermont). Her full name was Harriot Flora Aurora Louisa Maria. As a young woman, she moved to Lowell, Massachusetts, where she worked in the mills. She appears on the payroll of the Lawrence Manufacturing Company as a harness knitter from 1833 through 1838.

In addition to her editorship of the Offering, she wrote and published several novels, including Kate in Search Of a Husband (1843) and Jessie's Flirtations (1846) and she collected many of her shorter pieces published elsewhere in S.S.S. Philosophy (1847).

She also served as editor of Lowell's Vox Populi (a weekly newspaper) from 1854-55.

She eventually returned to Vermont to care for her mother, and after her mother's death, she moved to live with her sister's family in Needham, Massachusetts.

Selected works Kate in Search Of a Husband Jessie's Flirtations S.S.S. Philosophy