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Há 1 hora · It sold 371,000 copies in the United States in less than a year, drawing comparisons to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s galvanizing antislavery novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin. ...
Há 3 dias · Harriet Beecher Stowe, born in 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut, moved to Brunswick, Maine in 1850 with her husband, Calvin Ellis Stowe, a professor at Bowdoin College. It was there that she wrote her groundbreaking novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in 1852, which exposed the harsh realities of slavery and fueled the abolitionist movement.
Há 2 dias · 0. Introduction Harriet Beecher Stowe was a 19th century American writer who had a major influence on the literature of her country. Harriet left a legacy on American literature through her commitment to abolitionism, her focus on pedagogical and moralizing writing, and her advocacy for women’s rights. Her most famous work, «Uncle Tom’s ...
Há 1 dia · She came from a "wealthy but liberal family"; through her, he met abolitionists, "socialists, principled atheists and activists for women's rights and social equality", including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, and utopian socialist writer William Dean Howells, who became a long-time friend.
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Há 5 dias · Through the eyes of history, as early as the 1910s, Harriet Beecher-Stowe and Maria Parloa were both on the short list of prominent early influencers in the Home Economics movement. The other prominent influencers were Ellen Richards, Juliet Corson, Anna Barrows and Mrs. Rorer.
Há 2 dias · Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin wrote in 1852: ‘Perhaps, among us may be found generous spirits, who do not estimate honour and justice by dollars and cents.’ It’s striking that the words that once moved the Northern states of America to abolish slavery, still resonate with the relationship of labour, productiveness, and self-worth today.
Há 2 dias · Through February 2024, I worked my way through The Speeches of Frederick Douglass: A Critical Edition (a new compilation by Yale University Press, 2018, 645pp). I had read some of his speeches and excerpts from many. But whole texts of speeches, over a 50 year period, nope. Douglass is one of the most widely read person’s I have read.
