Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1870, July 21 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
| 1880-1888 | Educated in Mrs. Lockwood's private classes, New York, N.Y. |
| 1889 | Married J. Borden Harriman (died, 1914) |
| 1903-1916 | President, Colony Club, New York, N.Y. |
| 1906-1918 | Member, Board of Managers of New York State Reformatory for Women at Bedford, New York, N.Y. |
| 1912 | Active in the presidential campaign for Woodrow Wilson |
| 1913-1916 | Member, U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations |
| 1917-1918 | Organized the American Red Cross Women's Motor Corps of the District of Columbia and directed the Women's Motor Corps in France. |
| 1922 | Founder and first president, Woman's National Democratic Club, Washington, D.C. |
| 1923 | Published From Pinafores to Politics. New York: Henry Holt and Co. |
| 1937-1941 | Minister to Norway |
| 1940 | With the German invasion of Norway; fled to Sweden and arranged for the safety of other Americans and the Norwegian royal family. |
| 1941 | Published Mission to the North. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott |
| 1967, Aug. 31 | Died, Washington, D. C. |