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1868 she married James Harden, an honorably discharged 

 soldier of three years' service. In 1872 they moved to 

 Michigan, and later to Iowa, where Mrs. Harden was her 

 husband's assistant and constant companion in a school of 

 which he was principal. While in Osage, Iowa, Mrs. 

 Harden was elected President of the Woman's Suffrage 

 Assocciation of that city. The belief that man and 

 woman were created equal, and that with fair play and an 

 equal chance in life's battle, woman would prove herself 

 the equal of man, enabled her to fill the position with 

 which she had been honored with great credit. In the 

 meantime she edited a column in the interest of woman 

 suffrage in one of the Osage papers. 



In 1883 Mrs. Harden accompanied her husband to 

 Dakota, where they settled upon a homestead, where they 

 have since resided. At the annual meeting of the 

 Farmers 1 Alliance held in Aberdeen, South Dakota, 



November 20, 1889, 

 Mrs. Harden was elected 

 Secretary-Treasurer of 

 the State organization, a 

 position which she is 

 filling to the entire satis- 

 faction of the members 

 of the Order. 



The personal traits 

 in the character of Mrs. 

 Harden are so truthfully 

 and entertainingly de- 

 scribed in a recent letter 

 which the author re- 

 ceived from Mrs. Nettie 

 C. Hall, M. D.,of Wes- 

 sington Springs, South 

 Dakota, who is her personal friend and acquaintance 



