Catharine Beecher Quotes
Thinking about schooling, Catharine Beecher stands out as a voice that linked motherly care at home with formal teaching in the classroom. Though only two short snippets appear, they capture her belief that education begins in the family. For more see the Horace Mann page or wider 19th‑century education reform.
![“[Nineteenth century American educator] Catharine Beecher is really associated with the idea that a mother works with children in the home and a teacher works with children at school, and that therefore women are almost biologically predisposed to do this job.” quote by Dana Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b02/dana-goldstein-18041_century_nineteenth-century-american-educator-cat_1837218.jpg)