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In her own right : the life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton / Elisabeth Griffith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Griffith, Elisabeth.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminists--United States--Biography.
- Feminists.
- Suffragists--United States--Biography.
- Suffragists.
- Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902.
- Stanton, Elizabeth Cady.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1985, c1984.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.""
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1. Place and Privilege, 1815-26; 2. Revival, Reform, and Romance, 1827-39; 3. Marriage and Mrs. Mott, 1840-47; 4. Seneca Falls Sentiments, 1848; 5. Bonds of Affection, 1849-55; 6. Discontent and Divorce Reform, 1856-61; 7. War and Scandal, 1862-65; 8. Revolution and Schism, 1865-70; 9. Independence, 1870-79; 10. Writing and Widowhood, 1880-88; 11. Self Sovereign, 1889-1902; METHODOLOGICAL NOTE: Stanton in Psychological Perspective; APPENDICES; Abbreviations; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-984049-0
- 1-283-09803-2
- 9786613098030
- 0-19-977193-6
- OCLC:
- 712015983
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