Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Revolutionary Life
Elizabeth Cady Stanton A Revolutionary Life
Book • 2026
Ellen Carol DuBois’s biography offers a wide-ranging portrait of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, situating her activism within nineteenth-century politics and culture.
The book recounts Stanton’s childhood, marriage, motherhood, and five-decade public career, emphasizing her intellectual breadth and controversial positions.
DuBois addresses Stanton’s contributions to abolition, suffrage, and debates over the Reconstruction Amendments while confronting her racially fraught statements.
The biography restores Stanton’s broader agenda beyond voting, including reproductive and sexual freedom, and explores her late-life critiques of orthodox religion.
By balancing Stanton’s achievements and flaws, the book reevaluates her complex legacy in American history.
The book recounts Stanton’s childhood, marriage, motherhood, and five-decade public career, emphasizing her intellectual breadth and controversial positions.
DuBois addresses Stanton’s contributions to abolition, suffrage, and debates over the Reconstruction Amendments while confronting her racially fraught statements.
The biography restores Stanton’s broader agenda beyond voting, including reproductive and sexual freedom, and explores her late-life critiques of orthodox religion.
By balancing Stanton’s achievements and flaws, the book reevaluates her complex legacy in American history.
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