CATHARINE BEECHER

EARLY LIFE

• Born on September 6, 1800 in East Hampton, New York.
• Daughter of Lyman Beecher and Roxanna Beecher.
• Sister to Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher and Charles Beecher.
• Homeschooled until the age of ten. Then attended a private school in Litchfield, Connecticut.
• Taught herself math, Latin and philosophy due to limited education for girls in her school.

Catherine Beecher's family had a large impact on America's educational history in the late 1800s.

Family Troubles
After her mother's death, Catharine took on the household responsibilities at the age of 16. The younger children looked up to her father, even though he remarried a year later.

Reason for Education
Beecher longed for gender equality, especially through education. She believed that all women and girls should have the essential background from learning.

She wrote books due to lack of educational textbooks for her school; including arithmetic, theology and mental/moral philosophy.

In 1823, Beecher founded and established a private girls' school, Hartford Female Seminary. Teaching girls about their health and food diets.

In 1878, at the age of 77, Catharine Beecher died from apoplexy, which is when you bleed internally within your organs.

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During the influential Greek period, they brought the idea that a healthy body and healthy mind depended on each other throughout history.

Physical education amongst women was not found as important as it was for men. Eventually the idea caught on and women had similar rights.

Luther Halsey Gulick taught people the importance of physical education through his writings, dance recreations, and his help with the YMCA.

The industrialization industry boomed for physical education when the necessity for new sports equipment became dire.

Communication
Communication of physical education was not as widely promoted as it is now. Modern promotion throughout the United States has been made by leaders of the country. They've set presidential tests to challenge students and motivate them.

TIMELINE

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By: Alex Sanchez
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Lauren Gomez
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CITING

• www.nwhn.org/eduction
• www.pbs.org
• learningtogive.org
• www.villamaria.org
• biography.youdictionary/catharinebeecher

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• pebiography.com