Traces the course of the women's rights movement from its origin in the Seneca Falls Convention through the passage of the Nineteenth Ammendment giving women the right to vote.
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Traces the course of the women's rights movement from its origin in the Seneca Falls Convention through the passage of the Nineteenth Ammendment giving women the right to vote.
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Slow scattered start, builds in confidence and writing style,
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This review is from: Ladies of Seneca Falls (Studies in the Life of Women) (Paperback)
An overview of the women's suffrage movement in the United States during the 18th. Century. This was a time when the legislature of Tennessee declared that women could not own property since they had no souls. In the few states where a women could own property, she had no voice over its taxation, a complaint the Founding Fathers had against the English crown. The book begins with a series of sketchy biographies, and then tells the tale very ably. If you know little of the American suffrage movement two centuries ago, this is a good primer. Truly makes you respect Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, giants in the quest for freedom for all. The irony of newly freed black male slaves, totally unbooked, refusing to be taught by an educated person because they were female and therefore beneath them, was an interesting cocktail of prejudice. Even the great Even Frederick Douglass spoke about his concern that black male suffrage should proceed a woman's...either white or black. Susan B. Anthony thought that equal meant just that, equal rights for both women, blacks, and the white males."Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences." -Susan B. Anthony, 1860.
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Great read; great reminder,
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This review is from: Ladies of Seneca Falls (Studies in the Life of Women) (Paperback)
Our (usually fiction-reading) book club read this in October, 2004. I avoided starting it for a long time, but as soon as I got past the first chapter, I couldn't put it down. It was amazingly well-written with wonderful stories of the women who only earned a passing mention in our 7th-grade history books. This book made me see how many dedicated and strong women were needed to make a basic change in American culture and made each member appreciate her right to vote so much more in the November 2004 election.
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An essential reference,
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This review is from: Ladies of Seneca Falls (Studies in the Life of Women) (Paperback)
A thorough, easily-read, fascinating book about the early American Women's Rights movement. I have read many books on this subject, and rate this as one of the highest in objectivity and appeal. Especially good as a springboard for those not already familar with the subject. Brush up on your HERstory!
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Who were the ladies of Seneca Falls? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bloomer costume, antislavery work, female delegates, woman suffrage, suffrage convention Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Susan Anthony, Elizabeth Stanton, Lucy Stone, New York, Seneca Falls, Lucretia Mott, United States, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Miss Anthony, Anti-Slavery Society, Henry Stanton, Margaret Fuller, Mary Wollstonecraft, Henry Blackwell, Martha Wright, Suffrage Association, Horace Greeley, The Lily, Antoinette Brown, Ernestine Rose, Amelia Bloomer, Gerrit Smith, Married Woman's Property Act, Victoria Woodhull, Wendell Phillips New!
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Who were the ladies of Seneca Falls? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bloomer costume, antislavery work, female delegates, woman suffrage, suffrage convention Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Susan Anthony, Elizabeth Stanton, Lucy Stone, New York, Seneca Falls, Lucretia Mott, United States, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Miss Anthony, Anti-Slavery Society, Henry Stanton, Margaret Fuller, Mary Wollstonecraft, Henry Blackwell, Martha Wright, Suffrage Association, Horace Greeley, The Lily, Antoinette Brown, Ernestine Rose, Amelia Bloomer, Gerrit Smith, Married Woman's Property Act, Victoria Woodhull, Wendell Phillips New!
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- Woman in the Nineteenth Century (Dover Thrift Editions) by Margaret Fuller on 5 pages
- Margaret Fuller by Katherine Anthony on 5 pages
- History of Woman Suffrage by Elizabeth Cady Stanton on 4 pages
- Lucretia Mott (Read-And-Discover Biographies) by Lucile Davis on 4 pages
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- Woman Suffrage and The Origins of Liberal Feminism in the United States, 1820-1920 by Suzanne Marilley on 4 pages
- JPS Guide to Jewish Women: 600 b.c.e.-1900c.e. (A JPS Guide) by Emily Taitz in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Failure is Impossible: The Story of Susan B.Anthony (Feminist Voices) by Lisa Frederiksen Bohannon in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Voices of Revolution: The Dissident Press in America by Rodger Streitmatter in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Search for Self-Sovereignty: The Oratory of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Great American Orators) by Beth M. Waggenspack in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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