The Mandarin Years: Harriet Beecher Stowe as Influencer ... She Changed the World TWICE!
Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Join Stowe House Educator Cathi Belcher-Crowe for Tea With Harriet at the HBS House, 63 Federal Street in Brunswick. Cathi will talk about how and why Harriet Beecher Stowe came to purchase an orange grove in Mandarin, Florida, and the amazing things she continued to do while wintering there in her retirement years. From Travel Writer to starting the Snow-Bird movement, AND changing the economic and political landscape of Florida during the post-war reconstruction years, it is worth learning about this little-known but very important period of her life. You will have newfound appreciation for the powerful influence of this very dynamic woman who is mostly known for writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin.