Miss Beecher's housekeeper and healthkeeper: containing five hundred recipes for economical and healthful cooking; also, many directions for securing health and happiness ...

by Catharine Esther Beecher

This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library’s preservation reformatting program.

488 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Lyman Beecher fathered Catharine Esther Beecher, who promoted equal educational opportunities for women, as well as Edward Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher, and Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe.

Catharine Esther Beecher, a known American, expressed her forthright opinions on females and her vehement support of the many benefits of the incorporation of kindergarten into children.

Beecher was the daughter of and outspoken religious leader and Roxanna Foote Beecher. Her sister served as the 19th century abolitionist and writer, and Charles Beecher, her brother, worked as clergyman.