Ann D. Gordon is a research professor in the department of history at Rutgers University. She is the editor of this six-volume series.
"A captivating and enchanting book, beautifully edited, full of
rich, brilliantly chosen selections."
*Princeton University*
"When Clowns Make Laws for Queens, 1880 to 1887 is the fourth of
six planned volumes of The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. The entire collection documents the
friendship and accomplishments of two of America's most important
social and political reformers.
At the opening of the fourth volume, suffragists hoped to speed
passage of a sixteenth amendment to the Constitution through the
creation of Select Committees on Woman Suffrage in Congress.
Congress did not vote on the amendment until January 1887. Then, in
a matter of a week, suffragists were dealt two major blows: the
Senate defeated the amendment and the Senate and House reached
agreement on the Edmunds-Tucker Act, disenfranchising all women in
the Territory of Utah.
As evidenced in this volume's selection of letters, articles,
speeches, and diary entries, these were years of frustration.
Suffragists not only lost federal and state campaigns for partial
and full voting rights, but also endured an invigorated opposition.
In spite of these challenges, Stanton and Anthony continued to
pursue their life's work. In 1880 both women retired from lecturing
to devote attention to their monumental History of Woman Suffrage.
They also opened a new transatlantic dialogue about woman's rights
during a trip to Europe in 1883.
"
*author of Natural Allies: Women's Associations in American
History*
"In this rich and important collection, Ann Gordon applies a
scholar's integrity, a woman's sensitivity, and a personal
curiosity to the works that define these cherished foremothers.
Thanks to her extraordinary work, we now have a full and accessible
record for future readers and writers of our history."
*ABC News correspondent and author of Failure Is Impossible*
"This volume, masterfully edited by Ann D. Gordon, lays bare some
of the most dramaticùand most painfulùyears in the struggle for
woman rights. It also brings to vivid life two of the most
important Americans of the nineteenth century. No one seriously
interested in our common history should be without it."
*author of Not For Ourselves Alone*
"This is one of the great historical projects of our generation.
Long after current narratives, biographies, and monographs have
faded into the realm of the 'old-fashioned,' the forthright voices
of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony will still ring
clear. Ann Gordon and the insightful editors guide us through the
politics and society in which these remarkable leaders flourished.
These volumes are a compelling read, and indispensable to an
understanding of modern democracy."
*author of No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies*
"I would encourage everyone interested in nineteenth-century
politics to buy these books. The materials selected for
inclusion-letters, diary entries, speeches, articles-provide a
window on the debates that were crucial to the formation of
American political culture before, during, and after the Civil War.
Presented chronologically, introduced with editorial headings, and
superbly annotated, each document stands on its own, and together
they tell many stories."
*New York History*
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