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Not for Ourselves Alone

the Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony : An Illustrated History
Jul 04, 2011floy rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is an excellent book about the suffrage movement and its two brightest stars: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. The book is based on the research Ken Burns and colleagues conducted for a PBS documentary. The lives of Cady Stanton and Anthony are inspiring; they spent over fifty years as activists in the suffrage movement, even into their 70s and 80s (where are the old women in the women's movement today??). The book clearly illustrates the working partnership between the two friends: Elizabeth Cady Stanton often did the writing since she was usually at home with her 7 children whereas the single woman, Susan B. Anthony, was able to travel the country organizing women and giving the speeches her friend often wrote for her. Without their incredible perseverance and passion for equal rights, suffrage may have taken even longer to win. Sadly, both died before women won the right to vote in 1920.