Harriet Beecher Stowe House Discussion: 19th Century Women: Domestic or Discontented?

​Start Women's History Month by thinking about the conflicted ideal of the "True Woman" in the 19th-century US. Praise for the "True Woman" by Catharine Beecher, her sister Harriet, and many others sought to elevate the status of women by celebrating their roles at home as wives and mothers, but this ideal confined women to subservience at home and denied them freedom outside it. We'll consider how the stories of three woman authors of the nineteenth century, including Harriet herself, reflect on the ideal of the True Woman and on Harriet herself. FREE live discussion or Zoom link with RSVP.