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Faith heroes: Harriet Beecher Stowe, the most important woman in the US in 19th century

In the nineteenth century Harriet Beecher Stowe was the most important woman in the United States. It is reported that during the American Civil War, when she was introduced to President Lincoln he said, ‘So this is the little woman who gave us this great war.’ Harriet was born in New England into the Beecher […]