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Author White, Barbara Anne.

Title The Beecher sisters [electronic resource] / Barbara A. White.

Imprint New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003.

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Description xiii, 399 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-378) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.
Hooker, Isabella Beecher, 1822-1907.
Perkins, Mary Beecher, 1805-1900.
Beecher family.
Sisters -- United States -- Biography.
Women -- United States -- Biography.
Feminists -- United States -- Biography.
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0300099274 (alk. paper)

 
    
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