The Woman's Bible: Color Illustrated, Formatted for E-Readers (Unabridged Version)
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (832 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B015XBEQXC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 217 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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You will find it much more comfortable to read on your device/app. Susan B. Because of the widespread negative reaction, including suffragists who had been close to her, publication of the book effectively ended Stanton's influence in the suffrage movement. By producing the book, Stanton wished to promote a radical liberating theology, one that stressed self-development. Anthony tried to calm the younger suffragists, but they issued a formal denunciation of the book, and worked to distance the suffrage movement from Stanton's broader scope which included attacks on traditional religion. Easy on your eyes.Includes: 15 Colored Illustrations and BiographyThe Woman's Bible is a two-part non-fiction book, written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and a committee of 26 women, published in 1895 and 1898 to challenge the traditional position of religious orthodoxy that woman should be subservient to man. The book attracted a great deal of controversy and antagonism at its introduction.Many women's rights activists who worked with Stanton were opposed to the publication of The Woman's Bible; they felt it would harm the drive for women's suffrage. How is this book unique? Formatted for E-Readers, Unabridged & Original version. Although it was never accepted by Bible scholars as a major work, it became a popular best-seller, much to the dismay of suffragists who worked alongside Stanton within the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWS
"Every once in a while as we turn the pages of this impressive book, there is the temptation to sigh and shout an enthusiastic 'Amen!'." -- Oakland Press, June 16, 1999
A CLASSIC OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY FEMINISM Steven H Propp Famous suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) undertook to compile this work after the 1870 revision of the King James Bible was made by an all-male committee. She recruited commentators and essayists (identified by their initials at the end of the article) such as Matilda Joslyn Gage (author . A Customer said A great Biblical commentary that has stood the test of time. Stanton and her cohorts wrote The Women's Bible over 100 years ago and yet these commentaries are still as pertinent and valuable today as they were at the time they were written. She and others run rings around many of the tenets of organized religion, often disproving them with the very Scriptures . Silly People! Jennings99 I have to laugh at all the people who got this book thinking that it was a Christian Bible for women and then gave it a bad review because it wasn't what they were expecting. Elizabeth Cady Stanton did a lot for women and we need to be thankful for her contribution to the rights we now enjoy. I think
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) was a leading light of the women's rights movement in the late nineteenth century. . Anthony founded the National Woman Suffrage Movement. With Lucretia Mott she organized the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, NY, and with Susan B. Besides The Woman's Bible s