White, Barbara Anne.

The Beecher sisters [electronic resource] / Barbara A. White. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003. - xiii, 399 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-378) and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.




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.


Electronic books.

CT274.B43 / W48 2003

920.72/0973 B