After shortly researching Catherine Beecher, I found that she was raised in the period of the "cult of domesticity". She was educated until the age of 10 and taught herself the other subjects that she could not learn in her schooling. By 1824 she believed that her mission was "to find happiness in living to do good". She opened her first private school for young ladies in Connecticut. She went with her father and helped start up the Western Female Institute in Cincinnati. She is recognized as a promoter for the higher education of women, and was a teacher, lecturer, and writer. She wrote on the subjects of education, domestic economy, and women's health.
With her growing up in this time it is easy to see that in her writing in the Carolina Reader is a bit biased based on the time she was writing it. It is aimed towards young women who are supposed to be starting families and taking care of their households. While today women of her targeted age group are in school and college.
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