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Political biography of one of the most important leaders of the nineteenth century women's rights movement as well as the movement's principal philosopher

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Multiple Traditions 2 Seneca Falls and Beyond: Attacking the Cult of Domesticity with Equality and Inalienable Rights3 The 1850s: Married Women's Property Rights, Divorce, and Temperance 4 Gatherings of Unsexed Women: Separate Spheres and Women's Rights 5 The Civil War Years: Breaking Down Boundaries Between Public and Private6 The Postwar Years: Reconstruction and Positivism7 The Postwar Years: The New Departure, the Alliance with Labor, and the Critique of Marriage8 Not the Word of God But the Work of Men: Cady Stanton's Critique of Religion 9 "In the Long Weary March, Each One Walks Alone": Evolution and Anglo-Saxonism at Century's End 10 Multiple Feminisms and Multiple Traditions: Elizabeth Cady Stanton in American Political Thought Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

About the Author

Sue Davis is Professor of Political Science at the University of Delaware. She is the author of American Political Thought: Four Hundred Years of Ideas and Ideologies, Understanding the Constitution, and Justice Rehnquist and the Constitution.

Reviews

"Davis does a brilliant job of analyzing (while not excusing) the political tactics--and often, political Machiavelliism--that the early feminist employed during her long, active life." Feminist Review "Scholars of American political thought have often failed to appreciate the significance of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Scholars of Stanton have often not been deeply immersed in broader studies of American political thought. Sue Davis's outstanding book rectifies both these deficiencies in ways that will have enduring value." Rogers M. Smith, author of Stories of Peoplehood: The Politics and Morals of Political Membership "Sue Davis admirably succeeds in this book that integrates the conceptual and political legacy of Elizabeth Cady Stanton with current scholarship on heritage of the American liberal state. A must-read for students of American political development, women's rights, and legal theory." Eileen McDonagh, author of Breaking the Abortion Deadlock "Elizabeth Cady Stanton was open to any idea she encountered--old or new, conventional or innovated--except male supremacy. Sue Davis's admirable book shows that this great feminist's adaptability was both her best and worst characteristic." Judith Baer, author of Our Lives before the Law: Constructing a Feminist Jurisprudence