Stowe Prize – Free Public Event – Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

Special Events

Stowe Prize - Free Public Event

September 22, 2023

Save The Date!

With great excitement, we announce the Free Public Event celebrating Dr. Ruha Benjamin and her 2023 Stowe Prize winning book, Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want (Princeton University Press, 2022).

She will be joined by a number of special guests!

Event Details

Please join us from 2:00-5:00pm on the Stowe Center Lawn for games and activities before the Stowe Prize Free Public Event.

5:00-6:00pm Justice Fair

6:00-8:00pm Stowe Prize Program

* There will be a break at 7:30p to accommodate those observing Shabbat

$10 per person – Preferred Seating tickets, in the first six pews (100 available) Buy Now

FREE Seating tickets (475 available) Register Now

JUSTICE FAIR

The Justice Fair will have representatives from, and information for, local organizations engaged in a broad spectrum of social justice work. Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss and learn how to get involved in creating a more just and vibrant community. The Justice Fair will be held at the Stowe Prize Public Program, September 22^nd from 5:00-6:00 at the Immanuel Congregational Church. This event is free and open to all; a presentation and discussion with Stowe Prize winner, Dr. Ruha Benjamin, will follow.

Location

A big thank you for hosting our event, Immanuel Congregational Church

10 Woodland Street, Hartford, CT 06105

Location 10 Woodland Street, Hartford, CT 06105

Doors Open 4:30pm

Program 5:00pm - 8:00pm

School Group Interest Form

School Group Interest Form 2024

Thank you so much for your interest in a group tour at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center! Please help us schedule your visit by answering the questions below.

School name:

Please suggest three dates and times when your group would like to visit. (Note: the Stowe Center is closed on Sunday and Tuesday.)

Contact Teacher Name:

Contact Teacher Email:(Required)

Contact Teacher Phone Number:(Required)

Number of students expected to attend:(Required)

Please enter a number from 8 to 40.

Please identify the grade level(s) of attending students:(Required)

Likely number of chaperones (including other teachers):

The Stowe Center requires one adult per every 10 students.

Are there special student, teacher, or chaperone accommodations that can help us serve you best?

Do you plan to have lunch on site?

Yes, please.

No, thank you.

Are you interested in scheduling a joint visit with our neighbor, The Mark Twain House and Museum?

Yes, please

No, thank you.

If yes, have you already contacted The Mark Twain House?

Yes

Adult Group Interest Form

Group Tour Interest Form 2022

Thank you so much for your interest in a group tour at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center! Please help us schedule your visit by answering the questions below.

Group Name:

Name of Primary Contact:(Required)

Contact Email:(Required)

Contact Phone Number:(Required)

What date would you like to visit? (The Stowe Center typically books group tours for Thursday through Sunday visits.)

Expected number of visitors:(Required)

Please enter a number from 20 to 42.

Please indicate the number of adults, seniors, and children expected in your group:

Are there special accommodations that can help us serve you best?

Are you interested in a joint visit with our neighbor, The Mark Twain House and Museum?

Yes, please.

No, thank you.

If yes, have you already contacted The Mark Twain House?

Yes

Isabella Beecher Hooker

Isabella Holmes Beecher Hooker (1822-1907)
An ardent member of the woman’s suffrage movement, Isabella Holmes Beecher Hooker joined in the cause along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.

Isabella was the first child of Lyman Beecher and his second wife, Harriet Porter Beecher.

Isabella began her education at Catharine Beecher’s Hartford Female Seminary and lived with her sister Mary Perkins. In 1841 she married John Hooker, a descendant of Thomas Hooker, the founder of Hartford. John Hooker was a lawyer and an abolitionist.

In the early 1860s Isabella got involved in the woman’s suffrage movement. Isabella joined Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony as a member of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association in 1869. She was a founding member of the Connecticut Woman’s Suffrage Association. Isabella’s ideas of equality were influenced by John Stuart Mills’ On Liberty and the Subjection of Women.

In 1871, Isabella organized the annual convention of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association in Washington D.C. and presented her argument before the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate. Her husband, John Hooker, believed in his wife and supported her activities. He helped Isabella draft a bill to the Connecticut Legislature giving married women the same property rights as their husbands. The bill passed in 1877. Isabella annually submitted a bill granting women the right to vote, but it did not pass in her lifetime.