Answer: The Sadducees refused to go beyond the written Torah (first five books of the Bible) and thus, unlike the Pharisees, denied the immortality of the soul, bodily resurrection after death, and the existence of angelic spirits.
Catherine Beecher and her followers were concerned that working at home and raising a family were essential. She believed that teaching was the profession women were cut out for – it let them be independent and furthermore, it was a part of a female nature - to nurture and take care of others. Catherine believed that femininity was the key to successful education.
