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Great story about two magnificent women whose friendship stood not only the test of time but the winds of change they created. Recommended reading for all women.


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Not For Ourselves Alone The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony Geoffrey C Ward Ken Burns 9780375709692 Books Reviews

This book fills a glaring need in history books. Not many people know more about Susan B. Anthony than she was one the dollar coin. This book corrects that oversight, and then some. Not only does the book give a balanced and well thought out look at Anthony and Stanton, the reader is also introduced to many, many other women who worked so hard for women rights.
I especially liked that the book didn't shy away from some of these women's more controversial stands, such as taking on the black person's cause.
All in all, a very good book.
As a woman today I found this book so enlightening. I had never heard of Elizabeth Cady Stanton who has been all but erased from history. Both she & Anthony led the unbelievable struggle to emancipate half the population. It seems inconceivable that not until after WW1 were women given universal suffrage. Both Stanton & Anthony were different. in their personal lives & Stanton was probably the more radical of the two in the sense that besides fighting for the vote , she was also for free love, very iberal divorce laws & was certainly against the way organized religions subjugated women. Stanton wrote a separate bible for women. Anthony kept her goal fixed more on gaining women the vote because as she, wisely, felt that without the vote all other inequalities would never be rectified..
Stanton came from a wealthier background, enjoyed fashion, having children. Anthony kept telling her not to have another child because she felt a large family would natually hinder her work for the Cause.
Stanton probably enjoyed a fuller personal life but both women were dependent on the other & knew it & despite their different priorites at times, had a deep & sustained friendship. Susan A. was able to tirelessly tour the country without children & had deliberately made the choice. She did not want to be either "the doll or the drudge" of some man. At the time poor women were a drudge & rich women (through marriage) were kept as "dolls". Is it so different today?
I didn't realize that the big factor in the temperance movement was that liquor was responsible for husbands being drunk, beating their wives & not supporting them. Women had no access to birth control & divorce laws were totally against them. They could not go to college or keep their own earnings or inherit money. All professions were closed to them. Piece by piece these inequities were changed but the all powerful vote was forever denied.
Stanton had the gift of composing soaring rhetoric. Anthony had the freedom & work horse ability to travel the country delivering Stanton's speeches (plus her own). They had their disputes....they also knew when to curb the other for the greater good. When Stanton wrote a congratulatory letter to Frederic Douglass upon his marriage to a white woman, it was Anthony who wisely told her to keep it private for fear of losing the support of southern white women. It was Stanton who told the fiery Anthony to give up wearing bloomers because it took away from the more important goal & not to care about the disapproval & give in to it for the Cause.
Both women had to contend with the racial prejudices of the southern women when they did not share their racist views but needed their support. They also had to try to go along with the temperence women even though that was not their primary goal. Anthony would take over Stanton's busy household (7 children) while Stanton would be able to write & both gave to each other great emotional support as seen in their touching letters to each other over the years.
Stanton hd her last child at 43 (a 12 pound baby that kept her bedridden for months) despite endless promises to Anthony. Her marriage deteriorated. her son was arrested for stealing government funds & the whole Stanton family even thought of moving to Kansas to avoid disgrace. Stanton was occupied with family drama at times but Anthony had the freedom to travel & "spread the word" that Stanton did not until much later in life when they both joined forces traveling alone & together. Neither one saw eventual victory but both knew it would come. Both felt giving men of color the vote would just subjugate half the women of color & that was not what they thought right. Hard to believe what we take today to be normal was considered radical.Part of the book was so touching as when Anthony asks Stanton at the end of her life "Will I see you again" knowing Stanton was dying. Sadly she didn't.
The Declaration Of Sentiment which Stanton first composed was our declaration of independence. There also were many other women mentioned who contributed greatly to the struggle. Anthony always felt betrayed in some way when her "neices" married because she knew they wouldn't be able to be as totally committed to the Cause but she soldered on.Today women still face sex discrimination. I wonder with all these televison shows & movies where women wear practically no clothes & all the emphasis is on getting face lifts, being "sexual" until you are on your death bed....what would Stanton & Anthony have said?
Sometimes these things are written by Christian enemies with subversive propaganda, but got some good out of this book. I loved this when I saw it aired on TV, and the book is OK. Stanton was the radical who challenged whether religion was good and attempted to re-write the bible so it was more non-sexist. She had some fire. Susan was more the politician, not challenging male supremacist structure, but working within it in order to make progress. I believe they had a deep friendship and were together on a lot of issues however. Like Lincoln, they were not exactly lookers in terms of image, which I believe is indicative of their actual guts versus today where politicians are made to never challenge anything and are glossy non-challneging and media ready. Imagine a modern politician who's best friend outright challenged the mostly Christian-owned system? We have better radicals now, who have the courage to dismiss christianity altogether, but in her day Stanton was radical.

I hope for someday a religion where religions that subjugate their daughters from birth have no power. Judaism, Christianity and Islamic male supremacist ideology will not exist. It is my greatest hope and at least some of my dreams are based on these courageous women's lives. Anthony knew she would not see the vote in her lifetime, but she worked until her death for us, so I am inspired. You know, I saw on a so-called liberal doc the other day where someone said that there is proof that educated women are less inclined to have large families. In the next breath he said that there is a chance that we will make humanity extinct, implying if we're not all breeding we will become extinct and that we should not educate women. First of all , we have never been more populated and population is a problem in terms of overpopulation not underpopulation. (Caveat - their plan is to breed large families and take over - so they do have a vested interest in making sure we never reproduce. Both white supremacist and male supremacists have this plan for their "armies.") It's a difficult issue.

Just know that this kind of ideology is out there - along with taking the vote away from women believe it or not and if you knew them, like I do, you would be afraid. There are large groups that hate women, and women are taught that it's god's will to hate other women, to take away their liberty and dignity and have them behave as dogs - submissive and obedient, but "loved" like a dog. Many of these girls do not get out. Their lives destroyed and only the least threatening and most trained allowed to speak in public. Many do not have access to free information in carefully controlled propaganda groups, or any escape from their religion of birth. If you are a women's rights advocate always remember because you are free does not mean that millions of children aren't being raised in groups that do not allow them minds of their own or choices for liberty. They're stuck there and starving for love and education - or even basic dignity, liberty and respect. The religions often use propaganda and threats to keep them in the group. Many sects marry you against your will, use you for breeding for their male supremacist armies and you are not allowed to believe that you can say no to that culture. Your mind, by the time you are an adult is carefully constructed to do what they say - or you will be pressured, ostracized and often threatened with violence, loss of love, family or harm. I know this very well. Fighting back is difficult because they have a system of image, psyche and propaganda warfare to keep you subjected to men.. Cady was just the beginning of a movement that recognizes religion as a genuine weapon against women. I would add all systems of propaganda to that list. I think we should take it very, very seriously.

There are many interesting facts in this book (if you get a genuine version of it - if you are targeted on a list you make get a "special" book if you know what I mean.) Rich men with money or their trained people target certain people to get special information - much of it rewritten for their own agendas. This may or may not be good, depending on who they are. But Christians might give you a false copy with their own propaganda. If you get a good version of it, there will be info on the women's rights movement and all the drama and courage of the ladies involved. They were fighting for a radical notion - that of liberty for half the population, the right to participate in our own governing, instead of living as serfs or slaves in a system that does not benefit us. The right to seek your own good or pursue happiness as they say. You have the right to power as much as you can get it. The right to every good, including health care, education, love, liberty, your own mind and your own choices within the boundaries of respect for other gentle, respectful people - the right to kindness and goodness. You have a right not to sacrifice your children and to live where you are not attacked or harmed. You have a right to protect animals and children from harm. A society that does not protect it's most vulnerable members is a society of tyrants. You have a right to fight for yourselves and your concerns if there are those who seek to take them from you. These first revolutionaries can teach you about heart muscle. Get out there and fight for those who cannot fight or do not even know that they deserve to be fought for.
Historical and very interesting to learn how difficult it was for women to get the right to vote.
Lots of pictures, too.
These two women did so much and were visionaries for the future of women's rights.
Excellent book. Must read for anyone interested in the Women's movement.
One of my favorite books on my shelf. The story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony's relationship is definitely worth reading about. Two of my favorite women in history.
Great story about two magnificent women whose friendship stood not only the test of time but the winds of change they created. Recommended reading for all women.