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| 1. | Catharine Esther, 1800–78, U.S. educator: advocated educational rights for women. |
| 2. | Edward, 1803–95, U.S. clergyman, educator, and abolitionist. |
| 3. | Henry Ward, 1813–87, U.S. preacher and writer. |
| 4. | Lyman, 1775–1863, U.S. preacher and theologian (father of Catharine Esther Beecher, Edward Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Henry Ward Beecher). |
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