Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Eighty Years and More, is an autobiography of Stanton. Elizabeth Cady 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. Though she is not as well known or fondly remembered as her closest counterpart, Stanton preceded Anthony as an advocate of women’s rights. It was Stanton who issued the Declaration of Sentiments at the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848, touching off the organized movement that worked toward suffrage and equality. At the same time, Stanton was an ardent abolitionist, and she focused on progressive issues like custody rights, divorce, women’s property rights, employment issues, and even birth control.

"Combining primary documents with interpretive essays, this is the only book that traces the relationship and political development of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony."--Back cover.

A survey of the works of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anothony beginning with the organization of the Seneca Falls convention and covering American feminism and woman suffrage.

This is the final revision of Stanton's autobiography, Eighty Years and More, and a large collection of her letters and diary selections. Together they provide a personal and comprehensive picture of this remarkable woman.

These six volumes comprise the most comprehensive, firsthand account of the 19th century woman suffrage movement. Edited by suffrage leaders Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Mathilda Gage, and Ida Husted Harper, the series reveals the rhetoric, strategy, and emotional appeal of the writings of the nation's leading suffragists.

Stanton argues that organized religion oppresses women and that the standard interpretation of the Bible subjugates them.

Among the tracts in this volume are a speech by Wendell Phillips on women's rights, a speech by Paulina Davis on women's education, and a letter from Angelina Grimke Weld to the Woman's Rights Convention in Syracuse in 1852.

The Scarlett Letter -- Connections: Who killed Arthur Dimmesdale? / by Perry Turner -- [Lottery]( / by Shirley Jackson -- Puritan sonnet / by Elinor Wylie -- The woman caught in adultery -- Nor fitting for your sex / by Doreen Rappaport -- Declaration of rights and sentiment / by Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- A double standard / by Frances E.W. Harper -- Notes and an article / by Nathaniel Hawthorne -- "A" is for appalling / by Richard Alleva -- [Tell-tale Heart]( / by Edgar Allan Poe -- The custom house / by Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Nathaniel Hawthorne biographical sketch.

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