Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist and writer, best known for Uncle Tom's Cabin, one of the most influential books in US history. (Abraham Lincoln reportedly said to Stowe when he met her: "So you're the little lady who wrote the book that started this great war.") As did many women writers on the 19th and 20th centuries, she adopted a masculine pseudonym ("Christopher Crowfield") for some of her writings.

Today, Uncle Tom's Cabin is critiqued for its patronizing attitudes and use of stereotypes. "Uncle Tom" has become a derogatory term used to describe African-Americans who are loyal and submissive in the face of racism. "Simon Legree", a slave owner, has become synonymous with viciousness and greed.

Partial list of works

• The Mayflower; or, Sketches of Scenes and Characters Among the Descendants of the Pilgrims (1834)
• Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly (1852)
• A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin (1853)
• Dred, A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp (1856)
• The Minister's Wooing (1859)
• The Pearl of Orr's Island (1862)
• House and Home Papers (1865) (as Christopher Crowfield)
• Little Foxes (1866) (as Christopher Crowfield)
• The Chimney Corner (1868) (as Christopher Crowfield)
• Old Town Folks (1869)
• Little Pussy Willow (1870)
• Lady Byron Vindicated (1870)
• My Wife and I (1871)
• Pink and White Tyranny (1871)
• Palmetto-Leaves (1873)
• We and Our Neighbors (1875)
• Poganuc People (1878)