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Harriet was born on June 14, 1811 in Litchfield Connecticut. There were eight children in the Beecher family and Harriet was the youngest of them all. Her mother died in 1816 when Harriet was four, and so the oldest daughter Catherine, raised Harriet for most her life. When Harriet was 21, she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where her father was a president at a ministry. That is where Harriet met her husband, Calvin Stowe. They had 7 children together. Harriet …

…significant papers she wrote in were the "Independent", "Hearth and Home", and the "Christian Union." This was a very significant act in her writing career, because Harriet was old, but she was composing articles and stories at an incredible pace. She continued at this pace for a several years. Her husband, Calvin died in 1886 and, soon after, Harriet moved to Hartford, Connecticut. She lived there for many years. Harriet Beecher Stowe died in 1896. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**