Harriet Beecher Stowe

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This paper examines the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe born on June 14, 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut. It discusses how although much of her writing is seen as romanticized Christian philosophy, she was nevertheless an effective realist. The paper also looks at how her portraits of local society demonstrate an awareness of the complex culture in which she lived, as well as a keen ability to communicate to others. Additionally, the paper looks at how, although Stowe's career spanned more than half a century and included some thirty books and countless short stories, sketches and letters, it is "Uncle Tom's Cabin" that will forever link her to the anti-slavery movement and the American Civil War.

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"In 1836, Harriet married Calvin Ellis Stowe, the widowed husband of Eliza Tyler Stowe, who had been one of the Semi-Colon's most beloved members. This same year, Angelina and Sarah Grimke embarked on their abolitionists careers with stunning analyses of the relationship between two patriarchal institutions, slavery and the subordination of women, and from this point on, the issues of women's rights and abolition were closely intertwined. While Elizabeth Cady Stanton and others established the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, at which their Declaration of Sentiments was read, Harriet had no desire to speak in public and used Henry Ward Beecher's Christian Union to publish editorials on subjects she did not want to won by name, thus early on she learned ways to speak both from women's sphere and from men's. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Grant, David. 2000. Stowe's Dred and the Narrative Logic of Slavery's Extension. Studies in American Fiction. 22 September. Available from Internet, HighBeam Research Library; accessed 12 October 2006.
• Hamilton, Kendra. 2002. The strange career of Uncle Tom: on the 150th anniversary of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, scholars reflect on the legacy of the groundbreaking novel and its author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Black Issues in Higher Education. 6 June. Available from Internet, HighBeam Research Library; accessed 12 October 2006.
• Harriet Beecher Stowe: 1811-1896. A Celebration of Women Writers. Available from Internet, http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/stowe/StoweHB.html accessed 12 October 2006.
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