TY - BOOK ID - 77868506 TI - The Beecher sisters PY - 2003 SN - 1281741051 9786611741051 0300127634 9780300127638 9781281741059 0300099274 9780300099270 PB - New Haven Yale University Press DB - UniCat KW - Sisters KW - Women KW - Feminists KW - Authors, American KW - Beecher, Catharine Esther, KW - Stowe, Harriet Beecher, KW - Hooker, Isabella Beecher, KW - Perkins, Mary Beecher, KW - Beecher family. KW - Beecher, Mary, KW - Beecher, Isabella, KW - Beecher, John, KW - Bicher-Stou, Khenriet, KW - Stowe, H. B. KW - Stou, Khenriet Bicher-, KW - Stowe, Enriqueta B., KW - Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher, KW - Beecher, Harriet Elizabeth, KW - Bicher-Stou, G. KW - Bicher-Stou, Garriet, KW - Stou, Garriet Bicher-, KW - Bicher-Stou, Ḣarrii̐et, KW - Bicher-Stou, Ḣ. KW - Stou, Ḣarrii̐et Bicher-, KW - Beecher-Stowe, Harriet, KW - Ssu-tʻu-huo, KW - Beecher-Stowe, H. KW - Stowe, H. Beecher-, KW - Bētser-Stoou, KW - Crowfield, Christopher, KW - Beecher, H. KW - Sṭav, Hēriyaṭ Pīccar, KW - Sṭo, Haryeṭ Bits'er, KW - Bits'er Sṭo, Haryeṭ, KW - ביטשער סאאו KW - ביטשער־סטאו KW - סטאו, הערריעט ביטשער KW - סטאו, הערריעט ביטשער, KW - סטו, ביצ׳ר, KW - ハリエットビーチャーストウ, KW - Beecher, Catharine E. KW - Beecher, Catherine E. KW - Beecher, KW - Beecher, C. KW - Beecher, C. E. KW - United States KW - Social life and customs UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77868506 AB - 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. ER -