Her Own Right: The Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The first comprehensive, fully documented biography of the most important woman suffragist and feminist reformer in nineteenth-century America, restores Elizabeth Cady Stanton to her true place in history. Griffith emphasizes the significance of role models and female friendships in Stanton's progress toward personal and political independence. is, in the author's words, an "unabashedly 'great woman' biography."