Tempest-Tossed: The Spirit of Isabella Beecher Hooker (Garnet

Tempest-Tossed: The Spirit of Isabella Beecher Hooker (Garnet Books)

Tempest-Tossed is the first full biography of the passionate, fascinating youngest daughter of the â€œFabulous Beecherâ€ familyâ€”one of Americaâ€™s most high-powered families of the nineteenth century. Older sister Harriet Beecher Stowe was the author of Uncle Tomâ€™s Cabin. Brother Henry Ward Beecher was one of Americaâ€™s most influential ministers, and sister Catherine Beecher wrote pivotal works on womenâ€™s rights and educational reform. And then there was Isabella Beecher Hookerâ€”â€œa curiously modern nineteenth-century figure.â€ She was a leader in the suffrage movement, and a mover and shaker in Hartfordâ€™s storied Nook Farm neighborhood and salon. But there is more to the storyâ€”to Isabellaâ€™s characterâ€”than that.

Isabella was an ardent Spiritualist. In daily life, she could be off-putting, perplexing, tenacious, charming. Many found her daunting to get to know and stay on comfortable terms with. Her â€œwild streakâ€ was especially unfavorable in the eyes of Hartford society at the time, which valued restraint and duty. In her latest book, Susan Campbell brings her own unique blend of empathy and unbridled humor to the story of Harrietâ€™s younger half-sister. Tempest Tossed reveals Isabellaâ€™s evolution from orthodox Calvinist daughter, wife, and mother, to one of the most influential players in the movement for womenâ€™s suffrage, where this unforgettable woman finally gets her proper due.
Country USA
Brand Wesleyan University Press
Manufacturer Wesleyan University Press
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884580661857
EANs 9780819573407
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Wesleyan University Press
Manufacturer	Wesleyan University Press
Binding	Hardcover
UnitCount	1
UPCs	884580661857
EANs	9780819573407
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Tempest-Tossed: The Spirit of Isabella Beecher Hooker (Garnet Books)

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