| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 92.1

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Book Review

The Beecher Sisters. By Barbara A. White. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. xiv, 399 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-300-09927-4.)
The Beechers, arguably one of the most influential families of the nineteenth century, barely fit the stereotypic mold of an American dynasty. The family began its rise well before it erased its impoverished roots and did not always wield influence from a base of money and political clout. Despite their lack of advantages, the Beechers rose to varying heights of power and influence, eventually taking leadership roles in some of the most important social and political contests of their day. The family also did not quite uphold the strict patriarchal gender boundaries of the times. Among the Beechers were four remarkable women who became involved in many of the same issues as their brothers, often more successfully.	1
Barbara A. White, professor emerita of women's studies at the University of New Hampshire, has written an excellent biography of the Beecher sisters. Proceeding in a roughly chronological fashion from the birth of the eldest to the death of the youngest, White shows how the lives of the women intertwined in both the public and the private spheres. The book illustrates the role of strong women in the development of a political family.	. . .

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