Solitude of Self [Paperback]

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Author)

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Publication Date: September 1, 2000

Elizabeth Cady Stanton believed this to be the most important speech of her lifetime. With gorgeous and direct language, she presents a compassionate appeal for human equality and dignity, and she addresses the place of solitude in the lives of women and men. Solitude of Self joins the canon of classic American speeches. Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s timeless appeal presents the historical convergence between the 19th and the 21st centuries. In this last speech, Stanton proves that while many rights have been gained over the past century, inequality and degradation of the soul continue to thrive. For those opposed to the "glass ceilings" covering our culture, Solitude of Self will be a perfect gift of inspiration and comfort.

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About the Author

Born in Jonestown, New York, in 1815, Elizabeth Cady Stanton lived in Boston, Seneca Falls, NY, and NYC, where she died at the age of 87. Growing up with the knowledge that "girls didn’t count for much," for over a half of a century Stanton devoted her life to attaining equality for women. Of her long-standing relationship with Susan B. Anthony, she said, "I forged the thunderbolts and she fired them." An instrumental figure in securing women’s right to vote, and one of the first to wear bloomers, Stanton was an outspoken proponent of equality in the United States.

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"The talk of sheltering women from the fierce storms of life is the sheerest mockery, for they beat on her from every point of the compass, just as they do on man... Such are the facts in human experience, the responsibilities of individual sovereignty. Rich and poor, intelligent and ignorant, wise and foolish, virtuous and vicious, man and woman, it is ever the same, each soul must depend wholly on itself." from Solitude of Self

Product Details

• Paperback: 30 pages
• Publisher: Paris Press (September 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1930464010
• ISBN-13: 978-1930464018
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #908,330 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Words to live by, March 26, 2002

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This review is from: Solitude of Self (Paperback)

This book is a must read for every woman -- and man. Elizabeth Cady Stanton's words are as relevant today as they were when she wrote this speech. Not only is "Solitude of Self" a powerful political treatise, but also a spiritual argument for why everyone in society deserves an equal education. The Paris Press edition is beautiful. It makes the perfect gift for any woman or girl, and should be required reading in every schoolroom in the country!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solitude of Self, March 8, 2007

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Colleen Sanders (Freeport, ME, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Solitude of Self (Paperback)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton's speech embodies my philosophy, my theology and the definition of my own personal sovereignty. Every woman, indeed every person, should read it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interested in women's liberation? Then, you must read this..., October 24, 2008

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Esther Kassovicz "universal reader" (Lee, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton was way ahead of her times and her ability to articulate the source of true liberation in the deep rootedness in aloneness that isn't different than all perenial liberation teachings is commendable and very inspiring! Hope we're more willing and ready to let in and embrace where she's pointing to than when she delivered this at the end of her very rich life...