on the religious side to our social and economic world. She took a trip to the middle east (1846) where she studied and became progressively skeptical of religious beliefs. She also began to doubt her own belief in Unitarianism. This lead her to write her most popular historical work The History of the Thirty years Peace, A.D. 1816-1846 (1849). Her continuing none belief in religion led to the writing of her next book Letters on the Laws of Mans Nature and Development (1851), which created upheaval because of its complete rejection of religious beliefs. After the publication of this book her friendship with her brother James ended as he was now a leading figure in the Unitarian Church. In 1852 Harriet joined a newspaper company called the Daily News. Over the next sixteen years she wrote over 1600 articles about the different kinds of oppression against women and why it was time for change. Then the 1860s some acts began called the Contagious Diseases which allowed police to obtain any women they thought might be a prostitute and submit them to tests for venereal diseases. Harriet disagreed with this act and began the National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Act. 4She did not continue heading up this act, but was know as the creator of it. Throughout Harriets life she had struggled with health problems and in the later years of her life those problems worsened. She grew up without the ability to taste or smell she said and although it could not be proven medically doctors said it may have been psychological due to her upbringing. From 1839-1844 she had been forced to live as a complete invalid worsening her health even more. By 1870s she had to slow down her activity in her studies of sociology. And finally in 1876 Harriet died of bronchitis.Twenty years before that she had already written her obituary. People said it was in her usual fashion to be so prepared. She saw the human race, as she believ...
