2 GUEST PASSES FOR TOUR OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE CENTER IN HARTFORD, CONN.
Item Number: 111
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Description
Take a trip back in time to tour the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center located in Hartford, Conn.
You and a guest will learn about the social reformer, painter, gardener, mother, wife and astute participant and observer of American culture. The two passes have no expiration date
Harriet Beecher Stowe's presence in the 19th-century Hartford drew others to live in what was then the nation's preeminent literary community. Since 1968, visitors from all over the world come to Hartford to walk in the footsteps of the woman whose words changed the world.
In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe change the world with Uncle Tom's Cabin, her ground-breaking and best-selling anti-slavery novel. Stowe recognized slavery's injustices and was compelled to speak out.
As a woman of the 19th century, Stowe had no right to vote or no hold office, yet she gave public voice to her convictions, turned the tide of public opinion and became the most influential American woman of the 19th century.
Special Instructions
The winning bidder can pick up this item at the University of New Haven Alumni Office located at 300 Boston Post Road, West Haven, Conn. Please contact Paula Mortali, Associate Director of Alumni Relations, at 203-479-4579 or pmortali@newhaven.edu to arrange a pick up date and time.
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