Jane Harrison

Jane Harrison may refer to:

  • Jane Irwin Harrison (1804–1846), daughter-in-law and hostess of President William Henry Harrison of the United States
  • Jane Ellen Harrison (1850–1928), British classical scholar
  • Jane Harrison (GC) (1945–1968), British air stewardess and George Cross recipient
  • Jane Harrison (playwright) (born 1960), Australian playwright

Famous quotes containing the words jane and/or harrison:

    “If the veil were withdrawn from the sanctuary of domestic life, and man could look upon the fear, the loathing, the detestations which his tyranny and reckless gratification of self has caused to take the place of confiding love, which placed a woman in his power, he would shudder at the hideous wrong of the present regulations of the domestic abode.”
    —Lydia Jane Pierson, U.S. women’s rights activist and corresponding editor of The Woman’s Advocate. The Woman’s Advocate, represented in The Lily, pp. 117-8 (1855-1858 or 1860)

    “The treatment of the incident of the assault upon the sailors of the Baltimore is so conciliatory and friendly that I am of the opinion that there is a good prospect that the differences growing out of that serious affair can now be adjusted upon terms satisfactory to this Government by the usual methods and without special powers from Congress.”
    —Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)