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Against an Aristocracy of Sex, 1866-1873 is the second of six volumes of the
Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. The entire collection documents the friendship and accomplishments of two of America's most important social and political reformers. Though neither Stanton nor Anthony lived to see passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, each of them devoted fifty-five years to the cause of women's suffrage.
The second volume picks up the story of Stanton and Anthony at the end of 1866, when they launched their drive to make universal suffrage the priority of Reconstruction. Through letters, speeches, articles, and diaries, this volume recounts their years as editor and publisher of the weekly paper the Revolution, their extensive travels, and their lobbying with Congress. It touches on the bitter division that occurred among suffragists over such controversial topics as marriage and divorce, and a national debate over the citizenship of women under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. By the summer of 1873, when this volume ends, Anthony stood convicted of the federal crime of illegal citizenship of women under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. By the summer of 1873, when this volume ends, Anthony stood convicted of the federal crime of illegal voting. An irate Stanton warned, "I felt afresh the mockery of this boasted chivalry of man towards woman."
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"Ann Gordon's shrewd selections, meticulous editing, and deeply-researched annotations make these volumes an extraordinary gift to historians for generations to come."
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"Ann Gordon’s brilliance in unearthing and preserving the Stanton-Anthony heritage will inform feminist scholarship for generations. These volumes are our history: factual, fair, and like the women themselves, often very funny. Read them with pride."
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"A handful of women ignited and fueled one of the world's most significant, ongoing revolutions, and thanks to Dr. Gordon's insightful and rigorous scholarship, these women come alive to challenge us today."
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"This six-volume collection is a valuable addition not only to our knowledge of Stanton and Anthony, but of nineteenth-century women’s activism as well."
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"Volume two of The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony is a marvel. . . . Just about everything Anthony and Stanton have to say has some interest. What I particularly like about Selected Papers is that it can be dipped into for information or read consecutively as a fascinating biography of the two pioneering feminists."-National Women's Studies Association Journal Against an Aristocracy of Sex, 1866 to 1873 is the second of six planned volumes of the Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. The entire collection documents the friendship and accomplishments of two of America's most important social and political reformers. Though neither Stanton nor Anthony lived to see passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, each of them devoted fifty-five years to the cause of woman suffrage. The second volume picks up the story of Stanton and Anthony at the end of 1866, when they launched their drive to make universal suffrage a priority of Reconstruction. Through letters, speeches, articles, and diaries, this volume recounts their years as editor and publisher of the weekly paper the Revolution, their extensive travels, and their lobbying with Congress. It touches on the bitter division that occurred among suffragists over such controversial topics as marriage and divorce, and a national debate over the citizenship of women under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. By the summer of 1873, when this volume ends, Anthony stood convicted of the federal crime of illegal voting. An irate Stanton warned, "I felt afresh the mockery of this boasted chivalry of man towards woman." Ann Gordon is an associate research professor at Rutgers University. She is the editor of this six-volume series.
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The second volume in the six-volume series documenting the accomplishments of the two most famous American suffragists. Featured in Ken Burns's new documentary Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
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The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Volumes I - VI are now available for purchase as a six volume set. Together the volumes in this set offer an extraordinary collection that tells a story-both personal and public, about abolition, temperance, and woman suffrage and provides the most extensive in-depth look at the lives and accomplishments of two of America’s most important social and political reformers. Readers will enjoy over 2,000 letters, speeches, articles, and diaries excerpts transcribed from their originals, the authenticity of each confirmed or explained, with notes to allow for intelligent reading.
Volume I opens when Stanton was twenty-five and Anthony was twenty. Volume 6 concludes when first Elizabeth Cady Stanton dies on October 26, 1902, and three years later Susan B. Anthony dies on March 13, 1906. Though neither Stanton nor Anthony lived to see the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, each of them devoted fifty-five years to the cause and their names were synonymous with woman suffrage in the United States and around the world.
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The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony is now available for purchase as a six folume set. Together the volumes in this set offer and extensive and in-depth look at the lives and accomplishments of two of America's most important social and political reformers.
About the Author
Ann D. Gordon is a research professor in the department of history at Rutgers University. She is the editor of this six-volume series. She is the recipient of the 2012 Silent Sentinel Award presented by the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association.