Catharine Beecher: A Study in American Domesticity

by Kathryn Kish Sklar

Book Overview

Although she is often remembered only as the sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher, there was a time in Catharine Beecher's life when she was more widely known than any member of her eminent family. A pioneering teacher, a writer on moral and religious topics, and an avid publicist for women's education, her name became a household word in the 1840s because of the enormous success of her Treatise on Domestic Economy. This comprehensive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393008126
• ISBN13: 9780393008128
• Release Date: August 1976
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.1"