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“Woman’s great mission is to train immature, weak, and ignorant creatures to obey the laws of God; the physical, the intellectual, the social, and the moral.” Catherine Esther Beecher Born in 1800 into the famous Beecher clan which included Harriet Beecher Stowe of Uncle Tom’s Cabin fame and the infamous preacher Henry Ward Beecher, Catherine, as the oldest daughter, took over care of her nine siblings after her mother passed away when she was sixteen. When her fiance died in a shipwreck, she decided to use the money he left her to further the education of women. In 1824, she established the Hartford Female SeminaryRead More →