1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996388123803316

Autore

Banks John <d. 1706.>

Titolo

Prologue to a new play called Ann Bullen acted at the Duke's house [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Allen Banks, 1682

Descrizione fisica

1 sheet

Altri autori (Persone)

BanksJohn <d. 1706.>

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

In verse.

On verso: Epilogue to the same.

Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777851803321

Autore

White Barbara A. <1942->

Titolo

The Beecher sisters / / Barbara A. White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , [2003]

©2003

ISBN

1-281-74105-1

9786611741051

0-300-12763-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (414 p.)

Disciplina

920.72/0973

B

Soggetti

Sisters - United States

Women - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-378) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Calvinist childhoods, 1800-18370 -- Marriage and motherhood, 1837-1852 -- In the wake of Uncle Tom's Cabin -- Water cure and Civil War, 1860-1865  -- The gilded age, 1865-1868  -- Suffrage arguments, 1868-1869 -- "Foes in your own household," 1870-1871 -- Free love and "Mrs. Satan," 1871-1872 -- The Beecher-Tilton scandal, 1872-1875 -- Spiritualism, 1875-1878 -- Losses, 1878-1887 -- The board of lady managers, 1888-1893.

Sommario/riassunto

The Beecher sisters-Catharine, Harriet, and Isabella-were three of the most prominent women in nineteenth-century America. Daughters of the famous evangelist Lyman Beecher, they could not follow their father and seven brothers into the ministry. Nonetheless, they carved out pathbreaking careers for themselves. Catharine Beecher founded the Hartford Female Seminary and devoted her life to improving women's education. Harriet Beecher Stowe became world famous as the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Isabella Beecher Hooker was an outspoken advocate for women's rights.This engrossing book is a joint biography of the sisters, whose lives spanned the full course of the nineteenth century. The life of Isabella Beecher-who has never been the subject of a biography-is examined in particular detail here. Drawing on little



used sources, Barbara White explores Isabella's political development and her interactions with her sisters and with prominent people of the time-from Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Mark Twain.