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Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony

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"Not For Ourselves Alone" is informative and inspiring. Watching it in the context of the 2008 presidential election is fascinating, since one can draw many parallels between the struggles of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the campaign of Hillary Clinton. The film also stands as a beautiful portrait of friendship and devotion to a cause. The "talking heads" make outstanding points, and the storyline of the film builds to the inevitable conclusion: women get the right to vote. Knowing about all the hardships and hard work that led to that moment is truly enriching, and that knowledge is what this film provides.

I remember being a college-age woman in the early 70s, during the heady early days of the second great wave of faminism in the United States. I took a course in Women's Studies, and I'll never forget the sense of revelation I felt as I read of these two women, along with Sojourner Truth, Mary Wollstonecraft, Carrie Chapman Catt, Lucy Stone and others. It was as if the scales fell from my eyes as I realized that I was a member of A People, and my People were women, and there were women who fought and sacrificed for the freedoms I enjoyed. In ways too complicated to go into here, the promise of those days in the early 70s was only partially fulfilled, but watching this documentary on PBS reminded me of those great women who are not as well remembered in the 21st century as they should be. Anyone interested in the history of the women's movement, or of the history of freedom and self-determinatn in general, needs to watch this moving film.

I very eye opening story about a part of history we don't get taught in school. A very good documentary on two of America's most endearing women.

A wonderfully presented documentation of two amazing women who devoted their lives to women suffrage, a cause they would not live to see completed. Two amazing women in history, who, though living very different lives, shared an inspiring friendship, and who together literally changed the world for future generations of women. This 3 1/2 hour DVD is a must for any collection of women's stories! Sure to inspire the viewer to her own greatness!

Susan B. Anthony is the best known suffragette but Elizabeth Cady Stanton was really unknown to me. This documentary clearly shows how both these women worked together and made the vote for women campaign take off. To see the vintage stills and video of where they came from really helps promote an understanding of what and why they worked so hard. This historical information should be taught in school as it's very inspiring for girls.

This video should be required watching for all students,of all ages, of both genders to help them realize the positive changes made in women's lives by the movement these 2 determined women started and stayed with for their whole lives.
Very little is known today by young people about the restrictive and repressive rules that were imposed on women who were citizens of our USA. Very few adults are aware of the near slavery and/or "coddled-kitten" lifestyle imposed on females before 1920. What a travesty.

As a student of (then called) Home Economics in the late 70s; I learned about early women activists. But what many women don't know is that they were very much against abortion - They called it "child-murder" (Susan B. Anthony) and "degrading to women" (Elizabeth Cady Stanton). Anthony, who remained single, once remarked: "Sweeter even than to have had the joy of caring for children of my own has it been to me to help bring about a better state of things for mothers generally, so that their unborn little ones could not be willed away from them."

I ordered this item well in advance and have not yet received this DVD which I need this week for class.