01/05/2026
Jeannine Cook opened Harriett's Bookshop on February 1, 2020. Six weeks later, the pandemic shut it down.
Her response: she moved the inventory outside and sold books on the honor system. Jeannine delivered books on horseback to children across Philadelphia. She kept going.
Five years later, Harriett's is thriving with locations that have expanded into unique spaces like movie theaters and horse trailers….and Paris. The story of what this bookshop is and who it's for has never changed. It just continues reaching more people.
That's what it looks like when the work and narrative is grounded in something real. The clarity and purpose travels.
Harriett's Bookshop celebrates women authors, women artists, and women activists. It's named for Harriet Tubman, in the city that was one of her first stops to freedom. We're glad this place has endured.