{"id":217,"date":"2025-07-29T15:15:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hartfordlit.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=217"},"modified":"2025-10-31T15:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T15:10:01","slug":"catharine-beecher-biographical-and-critical-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hartfordlit.org\/?p=217","title":{"rendered":"Catharine Beecher &#8211; Biographical and Critical Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Biographical and Critical Sources<\/h4>\n<p>Biester, Charlotte E. \u201cCatharine Beecher\u2019s Views of Home Economics.\u201d <em>History of Education<\/em>, Journal 3, no. 3 (1952): 88-91, https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/3659182.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCatharine Esther Beecher.\u201d <em>The Ledger<\/em>, Litchfield Historical Society,<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/ledger.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/ledger\/students\/3209.<\/p>\n<p>DePauw, Karen. \u201cMuch Good Might Be Accomplished: Catharine Esther Beecher and the Pursuit of Domestic Economy.\u201d <em>Connecticut History<\/em> (2021),<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/connecticuthistory.org\/much-good-might-be-accomplished-catharine-esther-beecher-and-the-pursuit-of-domestic-economy\/.<\/p>\n<p>Michals, Debra. \u201cCatharine Beecher.\u201d <em>National Women\u2019s History Museum<\/em> (2015),<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.womenshistory.org\/education-resources\/biographies\/catharine-esther-beecher#:~:text=Born%20in%20East%20Hampton%2C%20New,attended%20the%20Litchfield%20Female%20Academy.<\/p>\n<p>Pilver, Erika E. \u201cHartford Female Seminary is Founded.\u201d EBSCO (2023),<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.ebsco.com\/research-starters\/history\/hartford-female-seminary-founded.<\/p>\n<p>Preston, Jo Anne. \u201cDomestic Ideology, School Reformers, and Female Teachers: School teaching Becomes Women\u2019s Work in Nineteenth-Century New England.\u201d <em>The New England Quarterly<\/em> 66, no. 4 (1993): 531\u201351. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2307\/366032.<\/p>\n<p>Sturges, Michael. \u201cCatharine Beecher: Champion of Women\u2019s Education.\u201d <em>Connecticut History<\/em> (2015), https:\/\/connecticuthistory.org\/catharine-beecher-champion-of-womens-education\/.<\/p>\n<h4>Catherine Beecher Works Referenced<\/h4>\n<p><em>A Treatise on Domestic Economy<\/em>, for the Use of Young Ladies at<br \/>\nHome, and at School, rev. ed. (New York: Harper &amp; Brothers, 1841), Project Gutenberg, last updated July 8, 2007, https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/21829\/21829-h\/21829-h.htm#CHAPTER_I.<\/p>\n<p>An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism, with Reference to the Duty of<br \/>\nAmerican Females (Boston: Perkins &amp; Marvin, 1837), Library of Congress,<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.loc.gov\/resource\/gdcmassbookdig.essayonslavery00beech\/?st=gallery&#038;c=160.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCircular: Addressed to Benevolent Ladies of the United States,\u201d<br \/>\n(1829), Teaching American History,<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/teachingamericanhistory.org\/document\/circular-addressed-to-benevolent-ladies-of-the-united-states\/. wams.nyhistory.org+10teachingamericanhistory.org+10teachingamericanhistory.org+10.<\/p>\n<p>With Harriet Beecher Stowe, <em>The American Woman\u2019s Home: Or,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Principles of Domestic Science; Being a Guide to the Formation and Maintenance of <\/em><em>Economical, Healthful, Beautiful, and Christian Homes<\/em> (New York and Boston: J.B. Ford &amp; Company and H.A.\u202fBrown &amp; Co., 1869), Library of Congress, https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/item\/07035680\/.<\/p>\n<p>Suggestions Respecting Improvements in Education, Presented to the<br \/>\nTrustees of the Hartford Female Seminary (Packard and Butler, 1829).<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=hvd.32044096987847&#038;seq=9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biographical and Critical Sources Biester, Charlotte E. \u201cCatharine Beecher\u2019s Views of Home Economics.\u201d History of Education, Journal 3, no. 3 (1952): 88-91, https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/3659182. \u201cCatharine Esther Beecher.\u201d The Ledger, Litchfield Historical Society, https:\/\/ledger.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/ledger\/students\/3209. DePauw, Karen. \u201cMuch Good Might Be Accomplished: Catharine Esther Beecher and the Pursuit of Domestic Economy.\u201d Connecticut History (2021), https:\/\/connecticuthistory.org\/much-good-might-be-accomplished-catharine-esther-beecher-and-the-pursuit-of-domestic-economy\/. 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