"A superbly readable and historically accurate account of perhaps
the most audaciously intelligent American woman in
nineteenth-century America. It's the best Stanton biography we're
likely to see."--The Women's Review of Books
"Griffith's biography brings to life a remarkable personality who
had the courage and drive both to pioneer a new role and to stake
out the new intellectual territory needed to sustain it."--Harvard
Law Review
"A well-rounded biography that does full justice to this truly
extraordinary woman."--The New York Times
"At last there's a biography of Stanton worthy of its subject. Like
Stanton herself, the book is feisty, intelligent, articulate...full
of the concrete reality of this feminist heroine's life."--Betty
Friedan
"Griffith's compelling biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton takes a
major step in restoring the controversial women's rights activist
to her true place in history."--New Directions for Women
"Griffith's fine biography, combining careful scholarship with
lively writing, splendidly restores this bold, intelligent,
engaging woman to 20th-century America."--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.,
The Graduate School and University Center, C.U.N.Y.
"This biography performs a great service: it chronicles the life of
an important pioneer who had been relegated to obscurity for far
too long."--Dr. Sally K. Ride
"Griffith has not only done an excellent job of portraying
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's life in a lively, readable manner, but has
also given us a reasonable explanation for Stanton's
behavior."--Journal of the Early Republic
"Griffith's work illuminates both women's forgotten history, and
their magnificent ability to stand in their own light."--The
Washington Post
"Elisabeth Griffith's biography is...the best to date of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton."--Ms. Magazine
"A valuable and needed contribution not only to biography but also
to history and women's literature."--The San Francisco
Chronicle
"Excellent biography: insightful, provocative in its portrayal of
Stanton's thought, frustrations, and accomplishments."--James B.
Crooks, University of North Florida, Jacksonville
"[An] absorbing biography [that] does full justice to Elizabeth
Cady Stanton..."--The Wall Street Journal
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