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Read This Book: Not for Ourselves Alone : The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
I'm a book lover, I enjoy history, and I count myself among educated feminists. It seems natural I would find the book interesting, but I'm surprised at how much I learned. The authors did a great job of focusing on the "woman suffrage" movement and balancing it with the culture and other events of the times. You will read about how the woman's movement begins through acts within the abolitionist movement, and then how and why the two paths divide after much time.
As I was reading the book I kept thinking that Americans need to read it. They need to know and understand what it took to simply give women the vote, much less any kind of equality in any simple aspect of their lives.
It's got biographical information on both Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, but also on lesser known heroines (and sometimes even heros) of the "woman suffrage" movement. It gives perspective to the culture and the battles women faced. It also contains excerpts from letters and speeches, as well as a number of photographs.
What I'm saying is, whether you're more interested in sociology, history, biography, or just good reading, you get it in this book... and it's IMPORTANT information.
I'm a book lover, I enjoy history, and I count myself among educated feminists. It seems natural I would find the book interesting, but I'm surprised at how much I learned. The authors did a great job of focusing on the "woman suffrage" movement and balancing it with the culture and other events of the times. You will read about how the woman's movement begins through acts within the abolitionist movement, and then how and why the two paths divide after much time.
As I was reading the book I kept thinking that Americans need to read it. They need to know and understand what it took to simply give women the vote, much less any kind of equality in any simple aspect of their lives.
It's got biographical information on both Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, but also on lesser known heroines (and sometimes even heros) of the "woman suffrage" movement. It gives perspective to the culture and the battles women faced. It also contains excerpts from letters and speeches, as well as a number of photographs.
What I'm saying is, whether you're more interested in sociology, history, biography, or just good reading, you get it in this book... and it's IMPORTANT information.
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