02960cam a22003973u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000350011324500600014826400510020830000470025933600260030633700260033233800360035850000310039450502480042550801110067352013700078453400450215465300410219965300430224065300420228365300350232565300320236065300380239265300340243065300380246485600430250299900170254525582UtSlPG20260610133604.0mcr n260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aCT1 aBeach, Seth Curtis,d1837-193210aDaughters of the Puritans: A Group of Brief Biographies 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2008  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2008-05-240 aCatharine Maria Sedgwick, 1789-1867 -- Mary Lovell Ware, 1798-1849 -- Lydia Maria Child, 1802-1880 -- Dorothea Lynde Dix, 1802-1887 -- Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli, 1810-1850 -- Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1811-1896 -- Louisa May Alcott, 1832-1888.  aProduced by Suzanne Shell, Chris Logan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"Daughters of the Puritans: A Group of Brief Biographies" by Seth Curtis Beach is a collection of biographical sketches written in the early 20th century. The book focuses on the lives and contributions of significant women from America’s Puritan heritage, shedding light on their roles and influence during a transformative era in American history. This work highlights prominent figures such as Catharine Maria Sedgwick and Lydia Maria Child, exploring their literary and social contributions as well as their personal struggles and triumphs.  At the start of the biography, the author introduces Catharine Maria Sedgwick, emphasizing her prominence in American literature during the first half of the 19th century. The narrative delves into Sedgwick's family background, detailing her father’s rise from humble beginnings to a distinguished career as a judge and politician. It also illustrates the nurturing environment that shaped Sedgwick's character and intellect, highlighting her connections to key societal figures and her early literary pursuits, which later established her as a prominent female voice in a male-dominated literary world. The opening chapters effectively set the stage for examining not only Sedgwick's life but also the broader context of the women's experiences during the Puritan era. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aSedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867  aWare, Mary L. (Mary Lovell), 1798-1849  aChild, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880  aDix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887  aFuller, Margaret, 1810-1850  aStowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896  aAlcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888  aWomen -- New England -- Biography40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25582  c66583d66583