The Beecher sisters

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In this joint biography of the Beecher sisters, whose lives spanned the full course of the 19th century, the life of Isabella Beecher is examined in particular detail. It explores Isabella's political development and her interactions with her sisters and with prominent people of the time.

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Main Author: White, Barbara A., 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2003
Subjects:
Beecher, Catharine Esther, > 1800-1878.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, > 1811-1896.
Hooker, Isabella Beecher, > 1822-1907.
Perkins, Mary Beecher, > 1805-1900.
Beecher family.
Sisters > United States > Biography.
Women > United States > Biography.
Feminists > United States > Biography.
Authors, American > 19th century > Biography.
United States > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Biography
Biographies.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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