Download or read book The Limits of Sisterhood written by Jeanne Boydston and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 1988 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors alternate their own analyses of the lives of Catharine Esther Beecher, Harrier Beecher Stowe, and Isabella Beecher Hooker with excerpts from the sisters' private and public papers which illustrate key themes within the nineteenth century debate about the woman's sphere.