Catharine Beecher

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educator human reformer writer

Catharine Beecher was a 19th-century American educator and reformer known for promoting women’s education and domestic science, and for her influential writings on the role of women in society.

Aliases (2)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	educator → human → reformer → writer →
burialPlace	Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States →
causeOfDeath	illness →
coAuthor	Harriet Beecher Stowe →
coAuthoredWork	The American Woman's Home →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1800-09-06 →
dateOfDeath	1878-05-12 →
denomination	Congregationalist →
educatedAt	Litchfield Female Academy →
familyName	Beecher →
father	Lyman Beecher →
fieldOfWork	domestic science → education reform → social reform → women's education →
founded	Hartford Female Seminary → Western Female Institute →
fullName	Catharine Esther Beecher →
gender	female →
givenName	Catharine →
language	English →
maritalStatus	never married →
middleName	Esther →
mother	Roxana Foote Beecher →
movement	domestic science movement → temperance movement → women's education movement →
notableIdea	domesticity as a profession for women → professionalization of domestic work → promotion of higher education for women → separate spheres ideology for men and women → training women as teachers →
notableWork	A Treatise on Domestic Economy → An Essay on the Education of Female Teachers → The American Woman's Home →
occupation	author → educator → social reformer →
placeOfBirth	East Hampton, New York, United States →
placeOfDeath	Elmira, New York, United States →
positionHeld	co-founder of the Hartford Female Seminary → founder of the Western Female Institute →
religion	Protestantism →
sibling	Harriet Beecher Stowe → Henry Ward Beecher →
viewOnSlavery	opposed slavery →
viewOnSuffrage	opposed women's suffrage →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Charles Beecher → Harriet Beecher Stowe → Harriet Beecher Stowe → Henry Ward Beecher → Thomas Kinnicut Beecher →	sibling
A Treatise on Domestic Economy → An Essay on the Education of Female Teachers → The American Woman's Home →	author
Lyman Beecher → Roxana Foote Beecher →	child
The American Woman's Home ("Harriet Beecher Stowe and Catharine Beecher are sisters") →	coAuthorRelationship
Catharine Beecher ("Catharine Esther Beecher") →	fullName
Roxana Foote Beecher →	hasDescendant
Beecher family →	hasMember
Beecher family →	hasNotableMember
Roxana Foote Beecher →	motherOf