Harriet Tubman and Harriet Beecher Stowe had a lot in common: they were both abolitionists, they both battled for women's rights, and they were both the eleventh child. But that's where their similarities end. Tubman was born on March 10, 1820, in Plymouth Notch, Vermont. She was of part-black ancestry and her parents named her after two of their former slaves who had been taken in by them after being freed from slavery. Her father died when she was only nine years old and her mother soon afterward married another man who treated them badly. At age 14, Harriet decided to escape from home to find work as a maid in Massachusetts. She escaped from slavery twice and led other slaves to freedom during the Civil War. After the war, she worked with the Union Army to help bring about peace between North and South. Stowe was born on January 12, 1815, in Litchfield, Connecticut. She was the first of 11 children born to Rev. Lyman Beecher and his wife, Catharine (Sheldon) Stowe. Her family was very poor and she had few educational opportunities. When she was 21 years old, Stowe wrote and published "Uncle Tom's Cabin," a book that became an international success and helped fuel the anti-slavery movement.