Background
Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher was born on June 14, 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Lyman and Roxana (Foote) Beecher.
abolitionist humanitarian writer
Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher was born on June 14, 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Lyman and Roxana (Foote) Beecher.
Sarah Pierce's academy
1824 - Hartford Female Seminary
The Mayflower; or, Sketches of Scenes and Characters Among the Descendants of the Pilgrims (1834)
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)
A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin (1853)
Pink and White Tyranny (1871)
Poganuc People (1878)
The Poor Life (1890)
She was born to outspoken religious leader Lyman Beecher and Roxana Foote , a deeply religious woman who died when Stowe was only five years old.
Quotations:
The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.
If women want any rights they had better take them, and say nothing about it .