This week on
The Learning Curve, guest co-hosts DFER-MA's
Mary Tamer and
Dr. Jocelyn Chadwick, educator and noted
Mark Twain scholar
, interview Trinity College
Prof. Joan Hedrick, author of
Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life. During Women’s History Month, Prof. Hedrick discusses Harriet Beecher Stowe's wide literary influence on U.S. history. From her abolitionist activism to the publication of international bestseller
Uncle Tom's Cabin, they explore Stowe's New England upbringing, anti-slavery convictions, and lasting impact on American literature and social reform in the 19th century. Prof. Hedrick closes with a reading from her Harriet Beecher Stowe biography.
The Learning Curve