In Her Own Right: the Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
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| Author:
| Griffith, Elisabeth |
| ISBN: | 978-1-283-09803-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1984 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $29.63 |
Book Description:
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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."
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."