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Index .................................... abortion, 165 An Address to the Protestant Clergy of the United States (Beecher), 79 Alanen, Lilli, 5 Alcoff, Linda, 196, 197 Altorf (Wright), 120 American Woman’s Home: or, Principles of Domestic Science (Beecher and Stowe), 84, 106 Annas, Julia, 190 n. 7 Anthony, Susan B., 1 Appeal of One Half the Human Race, Women, Against the Pretensions of the Other Half, Men, to Retain Them in Political, and thence in Civil and Domestic Slavery (Wheeler and Thompson) authorship of, 28, 34–39, 88, 162, 164–65, 196, 198 on benevolence, 43, 58–59, 63 call to women by, 56–59, 196–97 on child rearing, 56, 63–64, 66 on cooperative society, 61–64, 65 empowerment question and, 21, 28, 39, 59, 65–66, 70–73, 195–97, 200, 201 on equality, 45–46, 47–48, 55–57, 66, 73 feminism of, 45–46, 53, 55, 57–58, 60, 64–67, 155, 168–69 on happiness and pleasure, 42–45, 50–51, 52, 53, 56–57, 63 historical context of, 67–68, 70 on human nature, 43, 45, 62 on justice, 59–61, 65, 71 on liberation of women, 44, 45, 57, 58 on marriage, 49–50 masculinist nature of, 65–66 on men, 57–58, 63 neglect of, 27, 33–34, 69 on political rights for women, 46, 47–49, 52–57 as response to James Mill, 46–52 on sexuality, 50, 74 n. 6 on women’s suffrage, 51, 55 An Appeal to the People on Behalf of Their Rights as Authorized Interpreters of the Bible (Beecher), 80 Astell, Mary, 49, 165–66 Ayers, A. J., 127 Baier, Annette, 4, 199 Ball, Terrance, 157–58, 160, 161, 162, 164 Baylor, Barbara, 138 Baym, Nina, 90 Bederman, Gail, 125 Beecher, Catharine, 15, 28–29, 75–116, 198 on benevolence, 96–97, 101, 104, 115 n. 9 biography, 76–78 Calvinism of, 79, 82, 99–100 Common Sense philosophy of, 79, 82 connectedness of, 118 domestic advice manuals by, 75, 83–84, 98, 100–101, 109, 115 n. 3; as philosophy, 10, 29, 76, 82–83, 90–91, 92–93 on education, 15, 77–78, 84–85, 98, 101, 104–5 and empowerment of women, 29, 75–76, 97–98, 109–14, 195, 198, 201 and family, 105–6, 115–16 nn. 11–12 feminism of, 81, 82, 98, 103, 111, 195 on happiness, 86–87, 95–96, 102 on health, 84, 86–87 knowledge about women, 88–95 letters, 76, 89 moral view of, 95–98, 100–101, 106–8, 113 nonphilosophical works, 83–85, 102 as philosopher, 5, 29, 76 and philosophical authorship, 87–88, 102, 114 philosophical tenets of, 78–83, 91, 93, 113 public addresses of, 115 n. 5 on self-sacrifice, 96–97, 99, 103, 106, 107, 109–10 target audience of, 89, 91, 108, 197 theological-secular split in, 99, 100, 103 utilitarianism of, 82, 97–98, 101–2 on women’s role, 77, 80, 81–82, 84, 102–8 on women’s suffrage, 75, 98, 104, 108, 109 210 index Beecher, Catharine (continued) WORKS: An Address to the Protestant Clergy of the United States, 79 An Appeal to the People on Behalf of Their Rights as Authorized Interpreters of the Bible, 80 Common Sense Applied to Religion; or, The Bible and the People, 79 The Duty of American Women to Their Country, 80, 104–5 The Elements of Mental and Moral Philosophy, 79, 99 ‘‘An Essay on Cause and Effect in Connection with the Difference of Fatalism and Free Will,’’ 79 An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism, with Reference to the Duty of American Females, 80 The Evils Suffered by American Women and American Children, 80 Letters on the Difficulties of Religion, 79, 86 Letters to Persons Who Are Engaged in Domestic Service, 84, 86, 100, 101 Letters to the People on Health and Happiness, 84, 86, 91, 100, 108–9 Miss Beecher’s Housekeeper and Healthkeeper , 84, 90, 99, 101 The Moral Instructor, 84, 95 Treatise on Domestic Economy, 77 The True Remedy for the Wrongs of Woman; with a History of an Enterprise Having That for Its Object, 84, 86 Truth Stranger Than Fiction, 115 n. 2 Woman’s Profession as Mother and Educator with Views in Opposition to Woman Suffrage, 84, 105 benevolence, 74 n. 7 Beecher on, 96–97, 101, 104, 115 n. 9 Wheeler and Thompson on, 43, 58–59, 63 Bentham, Jeremy and feminism, 5, 155–62, 164–68, 165 James Mill and...

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