1811-1896. US suffragist, abolitionist, and
author of of the anti-slavery novel Uncle
Tom's Cabin, first published as a serial
1851-52. She was a daughter of Lyman Beecher,
and in 1836 married C E Stowe, a professor of
theology. Her book was radical in its time
and did much to spread anti-slavery
sentiment, but has later been criticized for
sentimentality and racism.