Woman of the Century/Harriet Hamilton Pier

2280994Woman of the Century — Harriet Hamilton Pier

PIER, Miss Harriet Hamilton, lawyer, born in Fond du Lac, Wis., 26th April, 1872. She is the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Pier, and a sister of Kate H. and Caroline H. Pier. All the daughters of Mrs. Pier have received her maiden name, Hamilton. HARRIET HAMILTON PIER. Harriet was educated in the public schools of Fond du Lac, Madison and Milwaukee, and was graduated from the Milwaukee high school in 1889. She entered the law department of the Wisconsin University soon after, and at the end of two years she took her degree of LL.B. With her sister she is now studying the Polish language, all having practical knowledge of the German. The Pier family can not fail to be known in future as the family of women lawyers.