*Includes pictures of Anthony, Stanton, and other important people
in their lives.
*Includes Anthony's and Stanton's comments on social issues like
education, employment, suffrage, abolition, abortion, and
more.
*Includes bibliographies of each woman for further reading.
"The true woman will not be exponent of another, or allow another
to be such for her. She will be her own individual self... Stand or
fall by her own individual wisdom and strength... She will proclaim
the 'glad tidings of good news' to all women, that woman equally
with man was made for her own individual happiness, to develop...
every talent given to her by God, in the great work of life." -
Susan B. Anthony
"The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate
to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are
silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no
longer flow into our souls." - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Together, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed the
most important partnership in the history of women's rights in
America. The women worked seamlessly, with Stanton providing the
forceful ideology and Anthony providing the tireless advocacy.
Stanton would later characterize their relationship, ""It is often
said, by those who know Miss Anthony best, that she has been my
good angel, always pushing and goading me to work, and that but for
her pertinacity I should never have accomplished the little I have.
On the other hand it has been said that I forged the thunderbolts
and she fired them. Perhaps all this is, in a measure, true."
Despite their partnership, the two women are often remembered
quite differently. Stanton is something of an unsung hero in the
history of the feminist movement. Though she is still primarily
known as an advocate of women's suffrage and is closely linked to
the better known Susan B. Anthony, Stanton was shunned by many of
her fellow suffragists because her ideas seem too radical and
because many were disturbed by her barely Deist view of religion.
Over a century after her death, modern feminists tend to overlook
Stanton in favor of Anthony, while remembering that Stanton enjoyed
taking on the traditional 19th century gender roles of being the
mother of a large family and remaining devoted to her husband
throughout her life. And while Anthony's comments about abortion
are still fiercely debated by pro-life and pro-choice crowds,
Stanton held conservative views toward abortion. It's clear that
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was very much her own woman, certainly a
fitting description that she would not have wanted any other way.
Meanwhile, over the last 100 years, Susan B. Anthony has become
one of the most venerated women in American history, even though
she was one of the most hated women in American history during her
lifetime. Anthony took note of her contemporaries' distaste for her
but remained defiant, asserting, "I have encountered riotous mobs
and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Men's rights are
nothing more. Women's rights are nothing less."
Today, of course, every American is taught about their nation's
most famous suffragist, who tirelessly advocated and lobbied for
women to be granted the right to vote. Though it wouldn't become
legal until 14 years after Anthony's death, Anthony took it upon
herself to illegally vote in 1872, which initiated one of the late
19th century's most famous political court cases.
Fighting for Women's Suffrage chronicles the lives and partnership
of the two women, examining their ideologies, advocacy, and
writings. Along with pictures, you will learn about Stanton and
Anthony like you never have before, in no time at all.
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