Harriet Beecher Stowe Novelist
- Gender: Female
- Citizenship: United States
- Born: Jun 14, 1811
- Died: Jul 1, 1896
Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author. Her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was a depiction of life for African Americans under slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and United Kingdom. It energized anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. She wrote more than 20 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. She was influential for both her writings and her public stands on social issues of the day.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
time
I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.
faith
So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.
beauty & women
Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
sympathy
A woman's health is her capital.
health
Human nature is above all things lazy.
nature
The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.
the future