harriet beecher stowe
The daughter of Lyman and Roxana Beecher, Harriet was born on June 14, 1811 in Litchfield Connecticut. There were eight children in the Beecher family and Harriet was the youngest of them all. Her mother died in 1816 when Harriet was four, so Catherine, the oldest sibling, raised Harriet for most of her life. Catherine was a big influence in Harriet's life. Catherine was a very smart person. In fact, she had an intellect beyond most people. She married a professor from Yale University who died in a shipwreck. For years Catherine was in grief and was on the verge of mentally collapsing. She continued on in this melancholy state of mind, until she finally was saved by her own determination to move on and make a life for herself and Harriet. So, Catherine founded an all girls seminary school in Hartford, Connecticut and Harriet started there for her education. Harriet thought an orphanage would have been just about as good as the seminary, because it was so hard and strict, religiously and educationally. At this time in her life, Harriet was a heavy believer in religion, even though it was hard. Harriet started writing at this time. Her earliest preserved school composition was called "Can the Immortality of the Soul be Proved
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Approximate Word count = 1603
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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