Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe, born in 1811, was an abolitionist and writer best known for her 1852 novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin. To tremendous popularity, she toured around the country speaking about the book and her anti-slavery ideas. However, because women were not encouraged to speak publicly at the period, one of her brothers or husband would frequently speak to audiences on her behalf. This photograph was taken in the year 1870.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Apart from having the coolest name ever, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (born in 1806) was an acclaimed British engineer who “built twenty-five railway lines, over a hundred bridges, including five suspension bridges, eight pier and dock systems, three ships, and a prefabricated army field hospital,” according to London’s Design Museum. Brunel was photographed in front of the Great Eastern, a ship he designed, in 1857.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
