Who is Harriet?

Who Is Harriet? is a new hybrid lecture series featuring scholars who are exploring Harriet Beecher Stowe and her work today. The speakers will share their latest research and diverse perspectives, developing the broader context within which Stowe lived and worked.

The series will be presented in-person at the Katharine Seymour Day House (accommodations available upon request) and virtually via Zoom. This is a ticketed event and space is limited

The Nineteenth Century American Home: “Life’s Undress Rehearsal”

The Who Is Harriet series will explore Harriet Beecher Stowe, her contemporaries, and her work from fresh perspectives. This scholarly series of programs will highlight the latest research and diverse perspectives, developing the broader context within which Stowe lived and worked.

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• $20 admission | $35 admission and book
• 77 Forest St, Hartford | Zoom
• 6:00 – 7:15 PM, Presentation and audience Q&A

Joan Hedrick will discuss the domestic culture of 19th century women, the majority of her analysis centers Stowe’s racial and socio-economic status.  Look behind the scenes of Victorian family life to focus on several contradictions that made Harriet Beecher Stowe’s domestic life problematic.

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Joan Hedrick is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Jack London.

 

 

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