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Author White, Barbara A., 1942-

Title The Beecher sisters / Barbara A. White
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 399 pages)
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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-378) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Hooker, Isabella Beecher, 1822-1907.
Perkins, Mary Beecher, 1805-1900.
Beecher family.
SUBJECT Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878 fast
Beecher family fast
Hooker, Isabella Beecher, 1822-1907 fast
Perkins, Mary Beecher, 1805-1900 fast
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 fast
Subject Sisters -- United States -- Biography
Women -- United States -- Biography
Feminists -- United States -- Biography
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women.
Authors, American
Feminists
Manners and customs
Sisters
Women
SUBJECT United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140534
Subject United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780300127638
0300127634
1281741051
9781281741059