Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
A Friendship That Changed the World
Penny Colman
- Weaving
- events,
- quotations,
- personalities,
- and
- commentary
- into
- a
- page-turning
- narrative,
- Penny
- Colman's
- Elizabeth
- Cady
- Stanton
- and
- Susan
- B.
- Anthony
- vividly
- portrays
- a
- friendship
- that
- changed
- history.In
- the
- Spring
- of
- 1851
- two
- women
- met
- on
- a
- street
- corner
- in
- Seneca
- Falls,
- New
- York—Elizabeth
- Cady
- Stanton,
- a
- thirty-five
- year
- old
- mother
- of
- four
- boys,
- and
- Susan
- B.
- Anthony,
- a
- thirty-one
- year
- old,
- unmarried,
- former
- school
- teacher.
- Immediately
- drawn
- to
- each
- other,
- they
- formed
- an
- everlasting
- and
- legendary
- friendship.
- Together
- they
- challenged
- entrenched
- beliefs,
- customs,
- and
- laws
- that
- oppressed
- women
- and
- spearheaded
- the
- fight
- to
- gain
- legal
- rights,
- including
- the
- right
- to
- vote
- despite
- fierce
- opposition,
- daunting
- conditions,
- scandalous
- entanglements
- and
- betrayal
- by
- their
- friends
- and allies.
