Harriet
Beecher Stowe
1811-1896
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the
popular novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which personalized the harsh conditions
experienced by slaves in the American south. It galvanized the abolition movement.
When President Abraham Lincoln was introduced to her in 1862, he greeted her with, "So
you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war".
Husband: Calvin Ellis Stowe (m. 1836–1886)
