Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1994.
Great-granddaughter of private sector religion exponent Lyman Beecher
(1775-1863), grand-niece of famous Presbyterian minister and
abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher and Uncle Tom's Cabin writer Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Philosopher, writer, educator and activist who demanded equal treatment
for women as the best means to advance society's progress.
She died due to a self-prescribed overdose of chloroform because she
had terminal breast cancer.
Her famous short story _Yellow Wallpaper, The (1989) (TV)_ mirrored her
own life (she also had a nervous breakdown after the birth of her
daughter).
Inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame in 1994.