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Harriet Taylor Mill Wikipedia

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Harriet Taylor Mill (1807 – 1858) was a philosophy author. She married John Stuart Mill in 1851 after a twenty one year friendship and love affair (during most of which Harriet was married to John Taylor). Although Harriet and her husband Mill shared an enthusiasm for women's liberation, they differed in details. Harriet held more radical views than John Stuart Mill, believing that women should be educated and encouraged to enter public life and to pursue careers, while J. S. Mill believed that the removal of legal and educational barriers to women's independence would accomplish equality between the sexes, by granting women independence within marriages.

As well as being (in John Stuart Mill's opinion) a valuable contributor to much of John Stuart Mill's work Harriet also authored her own works including Enfranchisement of Women.

Harriet Taylor Mill died in Avignon after developing severe lung congestion, on November 3, 1858.

Last Modified:   2005-12-19