Catharine Beecher

I think it's funny that even though Catharine Beecher writes about what a woman's role in a family should be, she was never a wife or a mother. It seems like she is good at giving advice on what other people should do, but she never really followed any of it herself. I do acknowledge the fact that her mother passed away when she was younger and she was left to help take care of her younger siblings, but there is a difference in taking care of your siblings and actually having children of your own. She was a strong activist in women's education, however, and did stress the fact that women should have a wide range on knowledge. But even though she supported education/teaching, she didn't believe in women suffrage.