Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897 - Hardcover

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555531369 ISBN 13: 9781555531362

Publisher: Northeastern Univ Pr, 1993

Synopsis

This vivid autobiography by one of the leaders in the fight for woman suffrage is a stirring depiction of the early struggles of American women toward equality. The new introduction and afterword written for the revised edition interpret Elizabeth Cady Stanton's positions and strategies for today's readers, detail the significance of the autobiography and situate it within the body of Stanton's writings and activities, bring current scholarship to the appraisal of her importance, and reflect on the last part of her life.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton writes about her life from childhood into her eighties. She recalls the discontent that led her to launch the woman suffrage movement at Seneca Falls in 1848 and the frustration of still having no voice in her own government after a half century of hard work.

In lively and opinionated prose, Stanton conveys all the passion that made her a guiding force in the women's movement. She provides an affectionate picture of her friend and political partner, Susan B. Anthony, and other leaders in the abolitionist and woman suffrage movements. She describes the immeasurable pleasure of winning converts to her cause and the satisfaction of silencing opponents through the force of her argument.

Sometimes humorous, sometimes touching, filled with resolve throughout, Eighty Years and More is a compelling portrait of this remarkable leader.

About this title

About the Author:

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in Johnstown, New York, in 1815. She lived in Boston, Seneca Falls, and New York City, where she died in 1902. Ellen Carol DuBois is the author of Feminism and Suffrage: The Emergence of an Independent Women's Movement in America, 1848-1869, and is completing a biography of Harriot Stanton Blatch, second generation suffragist. She has written extensively on the history of women's rights and woman suffrage. She is Professor of History at UCLA. Ann Gordon is co-editor of The Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.

Review:

"Elizabeth Cady Stanton is undoubtedly a central figure in nineteenth-century American history. Her autobiography, and her career, express in uniquely feminist perspective some of the era's central themes, including the struggles for equal rights and individual autonomy. This powerfully written book is essential reading for anyone who would understand not only the origins of the women's rights movements, but the nature of American society in Stanton's era." University -- Eric Foner, Columbia University

Elizabeth Cady Stanton is undoubtedly a central figure in nineteenth-century American history. Her autobiography, and her career, express in uniquely feminist perspective some of the era's central themes, including the struggles for equal rights and individual autonomy. This powerfully written book is essential reading for anyone who would understand not only the origins of the women's rights movements, but the nature of American society in Stanton's era -- Eric Foner, Columbia University

Few autobiographies are able to retrieve a world we have lost. Even fewer have the power to evoke the greatness of their subject. Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Eighty Years and More does both and much more -- Joyce Appleby, University of California at Los Angeles

About this edition

• Publisher: Northeastern Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1555531369
• ISBN 13: 9781555531362
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480