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Beecher-Stowe Family
The Beecher-Stowe Family was a prominent New England family noted for its contributions in the fields of education, religion, social reform, and literature.
![Portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe](https://radcliffe-harvard-edu.imgix.net/b392450d-d97d-4640-bd6b-de9b8b1c0cce/beecher-stowe-family-papers_Schlesinger_olvwork20019727.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&q=80&rect=200%2C722%2C1584%2C1586)
Portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe, ca. 1855-1865. Beecher-Stowe Family Papers. Hollis #: olvwork20019727
The Beecher-Stowe Family was a prominent New England family noted for its contributions in the fields of education, religion, social reform, and literature. Its most notable members included:
- author Harriet Beecher Stowe;
- clergyman Lyman Beecher and his children;
- clergyman and abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher;
- educator Catharine Beecher; and
- suffragist Isabella Beecher Hooker.
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The papers in our collection center around abolition, education, family relationships, health, and publishing.