Harriet
Americannoun
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“So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war,” Abraham Lincoln is reputed to have said upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1862.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
Raduacanu is one of five British players to feature in the main draw this week, along with Katie Boulter, Francesca Jones, Mika Stojsavljevic and Harriet Dart.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
We shared the letter's contents, including the "FOH" remarks, with Sarah Hawkins, whose concerns were repeatedly ignored over six days before her daughter, Harriet, was stillborn in 2016.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
He also enlisted the help of party heavyweights Harriet Harman and former prime minister Gordon Brown.
From Barron's • May 9, 2026
For school, Harriet and her brothers also crossed to the mainland.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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