During a fact-finding visit to the Hartford Female Seminary
, future abolitionist feminist Angelina Emily Grimké
(who was considering teaching as a career) met Harriet Beecher (later HBS
).
Hedrick, Joan. Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life. Oxford University Press, 1994.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
HBS
was drawn into debates about abolition during the 1830s but failed to become radicalized or to see the feminist implications perceived by other abolitionists such as the Grimkésisters
, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Harriet Martineau
This essay was also a review of three books on spiritual potentates of our age.
Martineau, Harriet. “The Martyr Age of the United States”. London and Westminster Review, Vol.
32
, Dec. 1838, pp. 1-59.
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HM
treats in some detail the history of the movement for abolition, including the controversy over female participation in...