The Solitude of Self: Thinking About Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton--along with her comrade-in-arms, Susan B. Anthony--was one of the most important leaders of the movement to gain American women the vote. But, as Vivian Gornick argues in this... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0374299544
ISBN13:9780374299545
Release Date:January 2005
Publisher:Farrar Straus Giroux
Length:135 Pages
Weight:0.66 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.8" x 8.6"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Connects the Dots
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I enjoyed reading this short book about Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her times because it told me just enough about her and fitted her thoughts and ideas into what was going on intellectually in the United States at the time. I appreciated the connections made between her type of feminist thinking and that of others before and after. It made me think, too, about my own feminist philosophy. And, once again, I was surprised by the depths of male chauvinism through the ages.
Interesting Ideas
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
It seems that ECS was on to "self esteem" a century before it had a name. The author starts here and ties the book up contemplating the loneliness of radicals and those ahead of their times. In the middle the author strays from the idea of self, but the rambling is interesting. We learn more about how the 19th century feminism grew out of the abolitionist movement (just as 20th century feminism grew out of the civil rights movement) something of the 19th century lecture circuit, and divisions in the women's suffrage movement, etc. I'd have liked to have seen more on the idea of "self" and/or the "solitude of self" in this period, but found enough other material in the book to keep me reading.
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