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NAME: Harriet
Beecher Stowe
BIRTHDATE:
June 14, 1811
BIRTHPLACE:
Litchfield, CT
EDUCATION:
Educated at and subsequently taught at the Hartford
Female Academy, founded by her sister Catherine Beecher
in 1823. She also taught at the Western Female Institute
in Cincinnati, established by Catherine in 1832.
FAMILY BACKGROUND:
Harriet was the seventh child of Roxana and Lyman Beecher,
a famous Congregationalist minister. Her brother, Henry
Ward Beecher, became a renowned preacher and leader
of the abolitionist movement. Her sister Catherine was
instrumental in furthering educational opportunities
for women. She married the widower Calvin Stowe in 1836;
they had seven children.
DESCRIPTION
OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Her most famous work was Uncle
Tom's Cabin, which she wrote in 1850. The book opened
up the realities of slavery to the entire world. It
became a best seller which has never been out of print.
DATE OF DEATH:
July 1, 1896.
PLACE OF DEATH:
Hartford, CT
PORTRAYED
BY: Helenmary Ball
WEB
SITES:
Harriet
Beecher Stowe - A Celebrarion of Women Writers
The Harriet Beecher Stowe
Center - The Harriet Beecher Stowe House and Stowe-Day Library
Harriet
Beecher Stowe - Ohioana Library
Uncle
Tom's Cabin & American Culture
Harriet
Beecher Stowe - National Women's Hall of Fame
Uncle
Tom's Cabin - Project Gutenberg Electronic
Text
The
New American Housekeeper's Manual by Catherine
E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- The Limits of Sisterhood: The Beecher Sisters on Women's Rights and Women's Sphere by Jeanne Boydston, Mary Kelley, Anne Margolis (1988).
- Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life by Joan Hedrick (1993)
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