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
guide to all aspects of domestic self-management was part of her
effort to create a female domain from which cultural power could be
exercised. In the recent reassessment of the historical experience
of women, the middle decades of the last century have emerged as a
critical period: the movement for women s rights was born, and the
genteel cult of the lady and the encumbering customs of domesticity
took hold. Present-day attitudes about the family and images of
masculine and feminine roles are still strongly shaped by
nineteenth-century ideas. Catherine Beecher: A Study in American
Domesticity examines that era through the life of one of its major
protagonists. It offers new insights into the shifting contours of
the nineteenth-century female experience and is a signal
contribution to the intellectual and social history of the period."
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