Question

To which author did Abraham Lincoln jokingly say, on meeting her, "So you're the little lady who started this great war"?

• A. Edith Wharton
• B. Harriet Beecher Stowe
• C. Zorah Neale Hurston
• D. Louisa May Alcott
• E. Mary Mapes Dodge

Answer 1

The correct option is B Harriet Beecher Stowe

So you're the little lady who started this great war was said by Abraham Lincoln who famously said to Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her novel,"Uncle Tom's Cabin" depicted life for African-Americans under slavery and it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the U.S. and Britain and made the political issues of the 1850s regarding slavery tangible to millions, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South.