Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe

female, deceased (1896)
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe was a white American abolitionist and novelist, whose "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1852) attacked the cruelty of slavery;...
Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher

male, deceased (1887)
Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 - March 8, 1887) was a prominent, theologically liberal American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer,...
Josiah Henson

Josiah Henson

male, deceased (1883)
Josiah Henson (June 15, 1789 - May 5, 1883) was born into slavery in Charles County, Maryland. He escaped to Ontario, Canada in 1830, and founded a...
Harriet Beecher Stowe House

Harriet Beecher Stowe House

female
The Harriet Beecher Stowe House was once the residence of Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), she was the influential antislavery author who wrote...
Edward Bellamy

Edward Bellamy

male, deceased (1898)
Edward Bellamy (March 26, 1850-May 22, 1898) was an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel set in the year 2000, "Looking...
Catharine Beecher

Catharine Beecher

female, deceased (1878)
Catharine Esther Beecher was a noted educator, renowned for her forthright opinions on women’s education as well as her vehement support of the ma...
Susanna Rowson

Susanna Rowson

female, deceased (1824)
Susanna Rowson, née Haswell was a British-American novelist, poet, religious writer, stage actress and educator. Rowson was the author of the n...
Susan Warner

Susan Warner

female, deceased (1885)
Susan Bogert Warner, was an American writer of religious fiction for young people. Born in New York City, she wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth...
William Gilmore Simms

William Gilmore Simms

male, deceased (1870)
William Gilmore Simms (April 17 1806 - June 11 1870) was a poet, novelist and historian from the American South whose novels achieved great...
Virginia Grey

Virginia Grey

female, deceased (2004)
Virginia Grey (March 22, 1917 - July 31, 2004) was an American actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of director Ray Grey....