Catharine Beecher
1800 - 1878
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Biography
Catharine Beecher was an American educator, author, and advocate for women's education. She was born on September 6, 1800, in East Hampton, New York. Beecher played a significant role in promoting education for women and argued that women's primary role as educators of children made their own education crucial. She founded several schools and wrote numerous books on education and domestic science. Beecher's work helped shape the foundation of women's education in the United States during the 19th century.
Famous Quotes (5)
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The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.
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No matter how dull and commonplace the business of giving is, so much grace comes from you doing it from a great, kind and elevated soul that it will become brilliant.
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There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.
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It is not the position, but the peace of mind, the comfort and assurance, the good-will that make the person respected and esteemed by others.
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If we are ever in doubt, what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow we had done.