Catharine Beecher
Educator
1800-09-06 – 1878-05-12
American educator and writer who advocated expanded schooling for women in the 19th century. She founded female seminaries and wrote extensively on domestic science and teacher training. Beecher was part of the influential Beecher family and a leading voice in education reform.
Quotes by Catharine Beecher
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As liberty and intelligence have increased the people have more and more revolted against the theological dogmas that contradict common sense and wound the tenderest sensibilities of the soul.
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