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The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: When clowns make laws for queens, 1880-1887

The book includes a comprehensive selection of letters, speeches, and other writings by Stanton and Anthony, showcasing their activism and advocacy for women's suffrage and gender equality during the specified period. more

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, born on November 12, 1815, and died on October 26, 1902, was a pioneering American activist for women's rights. She was a key figure in the women's rights movement, known for her dedication to the fight for women's suffrage and gender equality. more

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“The strongest reason for giving woman all the opportunities of higher education, for the full development of her faculties, forces of mind and body; for giving her the most enlarged freedom of thought and action; a complete emancipation from all forms of bondage, of custom, dependence, superstition; from all the crippling influences of fear - is the solitude and personal responsibility of her own individual life.”

“In youth our most bitter disappointments, our brightest hopes and ambitions, are known only to ourselves. Even our friendship and love we never fully share with another; there is something of every passion, in every situation, we conceal.”