Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds
Bringing Harriet Beecher Stowe to Life
Clip: Season 6 Episode 35 | 1m 13sVideo has Closed Captions
A performer shares why portraying Harriet Beecher Stowe has become a personal mission.
After first portraying Harriet Beecher Stowe in Maine, invitations followed from museums, libraries and schools. The performer explains why she now sees introducing Stowe to Illinois audiences as a mission and reflects on the famous line Abraham Lincoln is said to have spoken when they met.
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Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds is a local public television program presented by WTVP
Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds
Bringing Harriet Beecher Stowe to Life
Clip: Season 6 Episode 35 | 1m 13sVideo has Closed Captions
After first portraying Harriet Beecher Stowe in Maine, invitations followed from museums, libraries and schools. The performer explains why she now sees introducing Stowe to Illinois audiences as a mission and reflects on the famous line Abraham Lincoln is said to have spoken when they met.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipSo back to Harriet Beecher Stowe, HBS, we'll call her.
- Oh, I love that.
- Well, you performed her then that first time, up in Maine.
- [Edith] In the church.
- In her church.
And did you also portray her at other times in the Northeast?
- Oh, yes.
Once people found out I was portraying HBS, I love that, I got all kinds of invitations for museums, like I do her museums, libraries, schools, and people in Maine know a lot about Harriet because she lived there.
- [Christine] Right.
- So I feel I'm on a mission in Illinois.
A lot of people know about her because of her Lincoln connection.
- Correct.
Yes, and tell me about that.
That's an interesting quote.
- Isn't that interesting?
Allegedly Lincoln said, when he met Harriet, he said, "So this is a little woman who wrote the book that started the big war."
- Very interesting.
- Isn't that a great quote?
- It truly is.
Truly is.
Harriet Beecher Stowe Was Always a Writer
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Clip: S6 Ep35 | 57s | Harriet Beecher Stowe found her passion for writing early and never stopped. (57s)
The Literary Circle Around Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Clip: S6 Ep35 | 1m 5s | Stowe's friendships connected her with leading writers and fellow abolitionists. (1m 5s)
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