Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878

Educator Catharine Esther Beecher, a daughter of Lyman Beecher, was an advocate of education for women and of women teachers. In 1823 she founded the Hartford Female Seminary to educate young women. In 1846, she began a project to send female teachers from the Eastern states to western states and territories, and established training schools for women teachers in several western cities.

From the description of Letter, 1847. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 548941345

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