LEADER 03534nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910452000903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-74105-1 010 $a9786611741051 010 $a0-300-12763-4 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300127638 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471832 035 $a(EBL)3419911 035 $a(OCoLC)923588422 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000109666 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11795027 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109666 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10047370 035 $a(PQKB)11728652 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000157741 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3419911 035 $a(DE-B1597)485333 035 $a(OCoLC)1024001533 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300127638 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3419911 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10169937 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL174105 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471832 100 $a20030507d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Beecher sisters$b[electronic resource] /$fBarbara A. White 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (414 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-300-09927-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 369-378) and index. 327 $aCalvinist 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. 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aSisters$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aWomen$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aFeminists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aAuthors, American$y19th century$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$xSocial life and customs$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSisters 615 0$aWomen 615 0$aFeminists 615 0$aAuthors, American 676 $a920.72/0973 676 $aB 700 $aWhite$b Barbara Anne$01053285 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452000903321 996 $aThe Beecher sisters$92485114 997 $aUNINA