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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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Famous Catharine Beecher Quotes

“The people of this nation are eminently a trafficking people; and the present standard of honesty, as to trade and debts, is very low, and every year seems sinking still lower.”

People Years Stills Seems Nations Honesty Lows Standards Trade Debt Sinking Trafficking

Book:American Woman's Home

Source: American Woman's Home

“As if reasoning were any kind of writing or talking which tends to convince people that some doctrine or measure is true and right.”

People Ifs Writing Kind Reason Talking Doctrine Reasoning Convince

Book:Woman's Profession as Mother and Educator: With Views in Opposition to Woman Suffrage

Source: Woman's Profession as Mother and Educator: With Views in Opposition to Woman Suffrage

“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.”

People Soul Common Liberty Wounds Common Sense Dogma Sensibility Theological

Book:Religious Training of Children in the School, the Family, and the Church

Source: Religious Training of Children in the School, the Family, and the Church