Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Women's Liberty (Makers of America) [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Kathryn Cullen-Dupont (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1992 | Series: Makers of America

A biography of one of the first leaders of the women's rights movement, whose work led to the adoption of the nineteenth amendment that ensured women's right to vote.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 7 Up-- A book that imparts a sense of the accomplishments of early American women and documents the life of one of the best educated and most radical individuals of her day. Cady Stanton's traditional yet startlingly unique life foreshadows the progress and problems of the early women's movement and points to the challenges for the 20th century. The presentation is superb, relying on original sources and written in a style that is both accessible to young readers and sophisticated enough to do justice to its subject matter. The text is supplemented by archival photographs and reproductions of Cady Stanton and her family that capture the character of the woman and her times. A list of further reading and a satisfactory index are appended. --Ruth K. MacDonald, Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN
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Review

. . . an intimate portrait . . . an interesting and well-done account -- Booklist, October 1992

. . . with the numerous excerpts from her speeches, letters, and writings, the details of her personal life combine to paint a clear picture of this determined suffragist's life as a public reformer and the tensions she faced trying to fulfill her other roles as wife and mother -- Instructional Media, November 1992

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 133 pages
• Publisher: Facts on File; illustrated edition edition (March 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816024138
• ISBN-13: 978-0816024131
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,519,918 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kathryn Cullen-DuPont is the author of Global Issues: Human Trafficking (Facts On File, 1009), American Women Activists' Writings (Cooper Square Press, 2002), The Encyclopedia of Women's History in America (Facts On File, 1996, revised 2000), and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Women's History (Facts On File, 1992). She is also the co-author, with Elizabeth Frost Knappman, of Women's Suffage in America (Facts On File, 1992, revised 2005) and Women's Rights on Trial (Gale, 1997). At present, she is working on a book about women and religion, which will be published by Facts On File. She has served as a consultant to several women's history projects, including the award-winning CD-ROM project American Journey: Women in America, and she has been a guest speaker at many educational and other organizations.

Kathryn holds a B.A. from New York University and an M.F.A. from Goddard College. An adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Humanities and Media Studies at Pratt Institute, she lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her website is at www.womenandhistory.com

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3.0 out of 5 stars Elizabeth Cady Stanton, April 5, 2008

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This review is from: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Women's Liberty (Makers of America) (Hardcover)

This book is about Elizabeth Cady Stanton a women who stood up for women's rights in the early 1900s, in Seneca Falls, New York. She was tired of women being treated as property so she started a women's rights group called the National American Women's Suffrage Association. To me this book is ok. Sometimes Kathryn Cullen-DuPont skips from one subject to another and drags in a couple of areas. I would recommend this book to someone who is getting information for a book report or likes informational books. You will find out that Elizabeth Cady Stanton is very interesting!

- Georgia Leva