Woman's Voice, Woman's Place
Book description
Recounting the story of America's antebellum woman's rights movement through the efforts of Lucy Stone (1818-1893), this important account differs dramatically from those that focus almost exclusively on Susan B. Anthony or Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Million examines the social forces of the 1830s and 1840s that led Stone to become…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Woman's Voice, Woman's Place as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I have ancestors who were involved in the early Women’s Rights Movement as part of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, so I know that history. But I did not know that others, such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, saw her as a competitor.
Stone has been largely forgotten—except by women who do not take their husband’s last name. She was an early voice crying out against male oppression.
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