Limits of Sisterhood: The Beecher Sisters on Women's Rights and Woman's Sphere
by Jeanne Boydston
2021-01-03 04:11:11
Limits of Sisterhood: The Beecher Sisters on Women's Rights and Woman's Sphere
by Jeanne Boydston
2021-01-03 04:11:11
In a century almost continually at odds with the proper place of females, Catherine Esther Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Isabella Beecher Hooker shared a commitment to women''s power. Although they did not always agree on the nature of that pow...
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In a century almost continually at odds with the proper place of females, Catherine Esther Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Isabella Beecher Hooker shared a commitment to women''s power. Although they did not always agree on the nature of that power, each in her own way--Catherine as educator and author of advice literature; Harriet as author of novels, tales, and sketches; and Isabella as a women''s rights advocate--devoted much of her adult life to elevating women''s status and expanding women''s influence.
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