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The Beecher sisters / Barbara A. White.
LIBRA CT274.B43 W48 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- White, Barbara A., 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878.
- Beecher, Catharine Esther.
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher.
- Hooker, Isabella Beecher, 1822-1907.
- Hooker, Isabella Beecher.
- Perkins, Mary Beecher, 1805-1900.
- Perkins, Mary Beecher.
- Beecher family.
- Sisters--United States--Biography.
- Sisters.
- United States.
- Women--United States--Biography.
- Women.
- Feminists--United States--Biography.
- Feminists.
- Authors, American--19th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- United States--Social life and customs--19th century.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 399 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2003]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-378) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300099274
- OCLC:
- 52312611
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