Book a Speaker
To supplement interpretation and engagement during interior restoration of the House, the Harriet Beecher Stowe House is expanding our speaker outreach program. You can schedule a speaker for your group on one of the topics below. Presentations generally last 1.25 hours, including time for questions.
Fee: $125, plus additional travel fee for extensive distance.
Available Programs:
The Power of Voice: Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Legacy in Cincinnati
How did Harriet come to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin? How did Cincinnati become a crossroads of Abolitionist ideas? What’s going on with the restoration of the House today? Join us to discover these answers and to think about how you use your Power of Voice.
Cincinnati Sites During the Green Book Era
Join us as we discuss the origins of the Green Book and its distribution. We’ll also take a look at a map researched and created by the Walnut Hills Historical Society in collaboration with students at SCPA (School for Creative and Performing Arts). The map documents the locations of Green Book sites over time. We’ll delve into the history of the Edgemont Inn (the same building that served as the Beecher Family home and is now called the Harriet Beecher Stowe House). Discover where other U.S. Green Book sites are open for visitation and interpretation. We’ll wrap up by discovering Green Book sites in your location – or discuss why there aren’t any.
The Beecher Sisters: 19th Century Social Reformers
Catharine was a women’s educator and a proponent of domestic engineering ideas. Harriet was well-known as an abolitionist, and also wrote extensively on the “new” field of home economics. Isabella became a women’s suffrage advocate. Although Mary was the “quiet” sister, her granddaughter became an influential feminist writer. Meet the sisters who represent social change in 1800s America. They used their Power of Voice when it wasn’t popular for women to do so. How do we use our voice today?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin: An American Classic?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a blockbuster, selling more copies than any other book in the nineteenth century except the Bible. But from the time of its publication in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel was controversial, and it still is. Why? We’ll find out by exploring how and why it was written, some iconic characters and episodes, pirated versions in the Tom shows and early movies, the epithet “Uncle Tom,” and the book’s revival by feminist critics. Participants will decide for themselves how powerfully Harriet Beecher Stowe’s voice speaks to us and issues we face today.
Fee: $125, plus additional travel fee for extensive distance.
Available Programs:
The Power of Voice: Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Legacy in Cincinnati
How did Harriet come to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin? How did Cincinnati become a crossroads of Abolitionist ideas? What’s going on with the restoration of the House today? Join us to discover these answers and to think about how you use your Power of Voice.
Cincinnati Sites During the Green Book Era
Join us as we discuss the origins of the Green Book and its distribution. We’ll also take a look at a map researched and created by the Walnut Hills Historical Society in collaboration with students at SCPA (School for Creative and Performing Arts). The map documents the locations of Green Book sites over time. We’ll delve into the history of the Edgemont Inn (the same building that served as the Beecher Family home and is now called the Harriet Beecher Stowe House). Discover where other U.S. Green Book sites are open for visitation and interpretation. We’ll wrap up by discovering Green Book sites in your location – or discuss why there aren’t any.
The Beecher Sisters: 19th Century Social Reformers
Catharine was a women’s educator and a proponent of domestic engineering ideas. Harriet was well-known as an abolitionist, and also wrote extensively on the “new” field of home economics. Isabella became a women’s suffrage advocate. Although Mary was the “quiet” sister, her granddaughter became an influential feminist writer. Meet the sisters who represent social change in 1800s America. They used their Power of Voice when it wasn’t popular for women to do so. How do we use our voice today?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin: An American Classic?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a blockbuster, selling more copies than any other book in the nineteenth century except the Bible. But from the time of its publication in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel was controversial, and it still is. Why? We’ll find out by exploring how and why it was written, some iconic characters and episodes, pirated versions in the Tom shows and early movies, the epithet “Uncle Tom,” and the book’s revival by feminist critics. Participants will decide for themselves how powerfully Harriet Beecher Stowe’s voice speaks to us and issues we face today.
These new programs will be also be scheduled at certain intervals at the Walnut Hills branch library.
Additional questions? Email friends@stowehousecincy.org or call 513-751-0651.
Additional questions? Email friends@stowehousecincy.org or call 513-751-0651.
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