Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-279) and index.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the multiple traditions -- Seneca Falls and beyond : attacking the cult of domesticity with equality and inalienable rights -- The 1850s : married women's property rights, divorce, and temperance -- Gatherings of unsexed women : separate spheres and women's rights -- The Civil War years : breaking down boundaries between public and private -- The postwar years : reconstruction and positivism -- The postwar years : the new departure, the alliance with labor, and the critique of marriage -- Not the word of God but the work of man : Cady Stanton's critique of religion -- "In the long weary march, each one walks alone" : evolution and anglo-saxonism at century's end -- Multiple feminisms and multiple traditions : Elizabeth Cady Stanton in American political thought.
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"2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title. Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) was not only one of the most important leaders of the nineteenth century women's rights movement but was also the movement's principal philosopher. Her ideas both drew from and challenged the conventions that so severely constrained women's choices and excluded them from public life. In The Political Thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sue Davis argues that Cady Stanton's work reflects the rich tapestry of American political culture in the second half of the nineteenth century"--Provided by publisher.
JSTOR
22573/ctt8jtbtr
Political thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
0814719988
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady,1815-1902.
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady,1815-1902
Feminist theory-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
Suffrage-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
Women's rights-- United States-- History-- 19th century.