Catharine Beecher

• Verfasst von: Lobel, Cindy R. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Ping, Laura J. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Catharine Beecher
• Titelzusatz: the complexity of gender in nineteenth-century America
• Verf.angabe: Cindy R. Lobel and Laura J. Ping
• Verlagsort: New York ; London
• Verlag: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Jahr: 2023
• Umfang: xii, 133 Seiten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Lives of American women
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-032-38758-1
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-4831-5
• Schlagwörter: (p)Beecher, Catharine Esther
• Dokumenttyp: Biografie
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Lobel, Cindy R: Catharine Beecher. - New York, NY : Routledge, 2023
• K10plus-PPN: 1810893011

Abstract

"Catharine Beecher: The Complexity of Gender in Nineteenth-Century America investigates how the life of education reformer Catharine Beecher is a lens through which to understand the cultural changes of the nineteenth-century. Catharine Beecher's writings outlined a unique domestic role for women just as urbanization and industrialization were limiting their social influence. By arguing that gender differences were a strength, Beecher empowered middle-class women to embrace domestic duties. This book contextualizes Beecher's life against the major changes that occurred during the first three-quarters of the nineteenth-century. By looking at Beecher's writings and anecdotes from her life, this book offers insight into her personality and how her career shaped the culture of femininity. Students and the general reader will find this a powerful and insightful introduction to Catharine Beecher, her work, and legacy. About the Lives of American Women series: selected and edited by renowned women's historian Carol Berkin, these brief biographies are designed for use in undergraduate courses. Primary sources at the end of each biography reveal the subject's perspective in her own words. Study questions and an annotated bibliography support the student reader"--