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Catharine Beecher was an American educator and social reformer who significantly influenced the role of women in society. Known for her advocacy of women's education and her efforts to improve the conditions of the poor and the mentally ill, Beecher was born on September 6, 1800, and died on May 12, 1878.

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“Good manners are the expressions of benevolence in personal intercourse, by which we endeavor to promote the comfort and enjoyment of others, and to avoid all that gives needless uneasiness.”

Giving Expression Comfort Manners Enjoyment Good Man Endeavor Intercourse Benevolence Good Manners Uneasiness

Book:American Woman's Home

Source: American Woman's Home

“Work of all kinds is got from poor women, at prices that will not keep soul and body together, and then the articles thus made aresold for prices that give monstrous prices to the capitalist, who thus grows rich on the hard labor of our sex.”

Giving Kind Made Soul Hard Body Together Sex Grows Poor Rich Capitalism Labor All Kinds Articles Capitalist Monstrous Soul And Body

Book:The Evils Suffered by American Women and American Children: The Causes and the Remedy

Source: The Evils Suffered by American Women and American Children: The Causes and the Remedy

“... any men who would give up the law-making power to women in order to remedy existing evils, would surely be those most ready to enact the needful laws themselves.”

Men Giving Law Order Evil Ready Giving Up Remedy Law Making

Book:Woman Suffrage and Woman's Profession

Source: Woman Suffrage and Woman's Profession