In Her Own Right: The Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Paperback)

~ (Author) "Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born into the first family of Johnstown, New York..." (more)
Key Phrases: younger suffragists, phrenological character, self sovereign, New York, Seneca Falls, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A superbly readable and historically accurate account of perhaps the most audaciously intelligent American woman in nineteenth-century America. It's the best Stanton biography we're likely to see."--The Women's Review of Books
"Griffith's biography brings to life a remarkable personality who had the courage and drive both to pioneer a new role and to stake out the new intellectual territory needed to sustain it."--Harvard Law Review
"A well-rounded biography that does full justice to this truly extraordinary woman."--The New York Times
"At last there's a biography of Stanton worthy of its subject. Like Stanton herself, the book is feisty, intelligent, articulate...full of the concrete reality of this feminist heroine's life."--Betty Friedan

Product Description

The first comprehensive, fully documented biography of the most important woman suffragist and feminist reformer in nineteenth-century America, In Her Own Right restores Elizabeth Cady Stanton to her true place in history. Griffith emphasizes the significance of role models and female friendships in Stanton's progress toward personal and political independence. In Her Own Right is, in the author's words, an "unabashedly 'great woman' biography."

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (November 21, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195037294
• ISBN-13: 978-0195037296
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #366,278 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mesmerizing, July 13, 1999

By A Customer

I found this book totally mesmerizing. I thought the author did a good job in covering Stanton's later years. She was thorough and honest. I learned a lot and would recommend it to anyone interested in the origins of women's history.

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Semi-Informational but Long winded, March 12, 2000

By A Customer

I would reccomend this book but only to someone extremely interested in the subject. If you are looking to be amused-this is not a good choice. This is definately an educational resource to be used to understand this woman's life, not to be interpreted as a cozy novel to curl up by the fire with... but as I said, if you are a real woman's history buff- I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, highly readable, biography, June 24, 2007

By	Jan Barbour (English & social studies teacher... (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews

Dr. Griffiths has written a thorough, well-researched biography on Elizabeth Cady Stanton that both presents the facts of her life and a rich understanding of the psychology and world-view of this terrifically important woman in American history. Dr. Griffith's prose is fluid, readable, and to the point. I was only sorry that she didn't fully discuss the fact that the Cady family owned at least one slave, Peter Teabout, during Stanton's childhood years. A discussion of this and it's relationship to Stanton's abolitionist sensibilities; her objections to passage of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the US Constitution; and the difference between her father as a slave-owner and her cousin, Gerrit Smith, a prominent abolitionist; by a scholar of Dr. Griffith's caliber would have been extremely interesting.