A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School

Catharine Esther Beecher (1800-1878) was a pioneering figure in the domain of domestic science and female education in the 19th century. Born as the eldest child of the eminent preacher Lyman Beecher, Catharine was a part of a dynamic family that included her sister Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of the famed anti-slavery novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. Beecher's enduring legacy stems from her progressi...