There aren't many women of the Civil War era who can boast of being as or more famous than the one and only Harriet Beecher Stowe. Writer, abolitionist, minister's daughter, and mother, Harriet has done it all. He is an inspiration to all of us because he wrote the truth, regardless of the consequences. Harriet Beecher Stowe led a very zany life, but this made her influence her readers more than she let it influence herself. Born June 14, 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut, Harriet Beecher was exceptional (Great Neck Publishing). She was the seventh child of Lyman and Roxana Beecher. Five more children followed after her, she was one of thirteen children (Magill 533, 535). Five years after Harriet's birth, Roxana, her mother, died (Magill 534). Even before this happened, Harriet's family was deeply religious; afterwards, above all. Her entire family also being well educated (American Vision 326), she attended Litchfield Academy until transferring to the school where her sister worked (Magill 534). This being the Hartford Girl's Seminary (Great Neck Publishing), one can assume that this is where she developed her extraordinary rhetorical skills. This may also be where he honed his abolitionist thinking (Great Neck Publishing). Called "Hattie" by her sister (American Vision 326), Harriet Beecher was a traveler. At the age of twenty-one, she traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio, and met her future husband, Calvin Ellis Stowe (Great Neck Publishing). An educated man, he had taught at Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and Andover Theological Seminary in Andover, Massachusetts. They married and had seven children, only three of whom died of natural causes. The names of all of them are as follows: ...... middle of the paper ...... based on real life. Never before in American history had a woman made such a difference in the country. Harriet Beecher Stowe really had a crazy life, but she didn't let it affect her. Works Cited Fuller, Randall. "The First Great American Novel: It Was Uncle Tom's Cabin." Humanities 34.2(2013): 24. Historical Reference Center. Network. April 14, 2014. Big neck release. “Harriet Beecher Stowe.” Monkeyshines On America (2002): 23-24.Historical Reference Center. Network. April 14, 2014. "Harriet Beecher Stowe Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television and Web. April 18, 2014.Magill, Frank N. "Harriet Beecher Stowe." Great women writers from ancient times to the present. New York: Holt, 1994. N. pag. Print "The Stowe Family". Harriet Beecher. Np, nd Web. April 14, 2014. The American Vision: Volume One. New York, New York. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2005. Press.