1894. Arguably one of the best-known Suffragette writers, Beatrice Harradenwas a popularnovelistwhowasheavilyinvolved in the Suffragette taxresistancecampaign. Her best-selling sentimental romance, ShipsthatPass in the Night tells of a doomed love-affairbetweentwo patients in a tuberculosissanitarium. This story caught the public's imagination, and the titlebecame a byword for a fleeting or doomed love affair. The titlewasinspired by lines in Longfellow's Tales of a Wayside Inn, ThirdEvening, Theologian's Second Tale (Elizabeth), Fourth Part
