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In 1902, at the age of 83, Susan B. Anthony wrote a letter to her dearest friend, Elizabeth Cady Stanton:

We little dreamed when we began this contest, optimistic with the hope and buoyancy of youth, that half a century later we would be compelled to leave the finish of the battle to another generation of women. But our hearts are filled with joy to know that they enter upon this task equipped with a college education, with business experience, with the fully admitted right to speak in public--all of which were denied to women fifty years ago. They have practically but one point to gain--the suffrage; we had all.

Anthony and Stanton had worked together for over half a century for women's rights and were instrumental in keeping the movement alive despite repeated defeats. Sadly, Anthony is best remembered as "the woman on that funny dollar" and Stanton has been largely forgotten. PBS favorites Ken Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward have joined forces again to change all that, in their respectful dual biography of the great suffragettes, Not for Ourselves Alone. The authors trace Anthony and Stanton's very different lives--Anthony was a Quaker who remained single all her life; Stanton was born to a wealthy family and later married and raised several children--from girlhood on through their hard work, frequent disagreements on policy, and unflagging devotion to the cause of women's rights. In this era when fewer than half the eligible voters go to the polls, many have forgotten the struggles of Anthony and Stanton, the sacrifices they made, and the hardships they endured. Anthony, for one, was frequently vilified in the press, cruelly caricatured, and shouted down at lectures. What shines most brightly throughout the volume, however, is the love and respect these women felt for one another.

With contributions by noted historians Ann D. Gordon and Ellen Carol Dubois, and dozens of evocative contemporary photographs, Not for Ourselves Alone provides a view of the suffrage movement through the eyes of the women who fought hardest for it. "We are sowing winter wheat," Stanton confided to her diary, "which the coming spring will see sprout and which other hands than ours will reap and enjoy." Indeed, neither Stanton nor Anthony lived to be able to cast a ballot. But Burns and Ward have assured them of a larger place in the American memory--as is their right. --Sunny Delaney -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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Ward and Burns, writers of the illustrated histories The Civil War (1992) and Baseball (1994), both of which were published as companions to PBS series, now pair up in an evocative dual biography of the two women who, for all intents and purposes, made the women's rights movement in the latter portion of the nineteenth century and early part of the twentieth. Ward and Burns' latest pictorial history, also a companion to an upcoming PBS series, boasts text that is as inviting and edifying as the many exciting illustrations the two writers and filmmakers have selected. As given witness here, Stanton and Anthony differed greatly in their personalities, and they experienced far different lives before their tandem leadership of the women's movement. And yet, they remained friends to the last. (Sadly and ironically, neither woman lived long enough to be able to taste the fruit of their ultimate victory, the establishment of the right of females to vote). One was married with children, the other was not, and they came to hear the call through different channels, but their 50-year affiliation, which in itself encapsulates the history of women's rights in the nineteenth century, wrought, as the authors see it, "the largest social transformation in American history." Pretty strong words! But this finely presented overview of Stanton and Anthony's lives only serves to support such a claim. Brad Hooper -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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Applause to Ken Burns & Geoffrey Ward! 30. April 2000

Von Gabriel Hart

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This book is richly woven with details that dive into the true characters of these two beautiful souls. The book gives a truly amazing account of not only Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony, but dives into their lives and characters. The reader obtains a true understanding of these women's motivations, techniques, skills, and contributions, in a brilliant biography with great quotes, accounts, photographs, and special archives directly from the time period of Susan & Elizabeth, relating to their work. Ken Burns & Geoffrey C. Ward have made quite an accomplishment with this extraordinary account.

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A fine short history 5. April 2000

Von M.S. Burgher

A fine short history of "two wonderfully different and equally brilliant women". If, after the three-hour film shown on public television, you still look blank when people mention Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, this companion volume is the book for you. Six chapters, lavishly illustrated and interspersed with short essays, two of their speeches and a discussion of their treatment in history, trace the fifty-year personal and political alliance between two women who spearheaded American women's first great effort to achieve equal rights. Often ridiculed and slandered in life and ignored by historians after death, Anthony and Stanton, wherever they are, should welcome this balanced and detailed account of their interwoven lives and works, often given in their own words. Discussion of their faults and mistakes, as well as their virtues and successes, gives depth to the picture. Because the two friends were so important to the women's movement (and its drive for the vote), the book also offers snapshots of other women who should be better known to Americans, such as the Grimké sisters, Sojourner Truth, Lucretia Mott, Lucy Stone, Frances Willard and Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Working together and apart, Anthony and Stanton set endless happy convocations of the sons of Adam by the ears and made arguments that no one could answer. This book is a brief account of how they did it. (Readers who want a bigger meal can find a useful menu in the bibliography.)

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Wonderful recounting of many important women 31. Mai 2002

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This book fills a glaring need in history books. Not many people know more about Susan B. Anthony than she was one the dollar coin. This book corrects that oversight, and then some. Not only does the book give a balanced and well thought out look at Anthony and Stanton, the reader is also introduced to many, many other women who worked so hard for women rights.
I especially liked that the book didn't shy away from some of these women's more controversial stands, such as taking on the black person's cause.
All in all, a very good book.

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