In Her Own Right: The Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the most important woman suffragist and feminist reformer in 19th-century America. This first comprehensive, fully documented biography of Stanton brings to life an extraordinary woman, sheds new light on her struggle to gain women full legal rights, and documents her achievements as lecturer, editor, and organization leader.

In Her Own Right restores Elizabeth Cady Stanton to her true place in history. It traces Stanton from her privilege, unconventional childhood to her marriage to an abolitionist hero turned political opportunist ( with whom she had seven children), to her achievements as reformer, newspaper editor, popular lecturer, organization leader, and historian of woman's suffrage.