Women of the Suffrage Movement: Memoirs & Biographies of the Most Influential Suffragettes (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Memoirs and Biographies from the Fight for Women's Voting RightsBy Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jane Addams, Ida Husted Harper, Emmeline Pankhurst, Anna Howard Shaw, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Alice Stone Blackwell
Length408h 53m
About this audiobook
Women of the Suffrage Movement brings together memoirs, biographies, speeches, and reflective political prose that chart the intellectual and emotional architecture of the long campaign for women's enfranchisement. Moving from intimate recollection to public argument, from reformist biography to militant testimony, the volume situates suffrage writing within broader traditions of abolitionism, social reform, liberal citizenship, and democratic dissent. Its range reveals both the moral urgency and strategic complexity of the movement, including vivid accounts of organizing, imprisonment, public persuasion, and the reimagining of civic identity. The contributors—Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jane Addams, Ida Husted Harper, Emmeline Pankhurst, Anna Howard Shaw, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, and Alice Stone Blackwell—represent intersecting American and British reform traditions. Collectively, their work illuminates the movement's diverse tactics: constitutional argument, settlement-house ethics, journalistic documentation, biography, nonviolent pressure, and militant resistance. Read together, these voices disclose suffrage not as a single campaign but as a transatlantic network shaped by class, religion, race, education, and competing theories of political change. This collection is ideal for readers seeking a compact yet richly varied introduction to suffrage history and feminist political thought. It offers students, scholars, and general readers a rare opportunity to encounter multiple genres and perspectives in one volume, fostering dialogue among strategies, ideals, and lived experiences that continue to inform debates over equality and citizenship.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- An Introduction draws the threads together, discussing why these diverse authors and texts belong in one collection.
- Historical Context explores the cultural and intellectual currents that shaped these works, offering insight into the shared (or contrasting) eras that influenced each writer.
- A combined Synopsis (Selection) briefly outlines the key plots or arguments of the included pieces, helping readers grasp the anthology's overall scope without giving away essential twists.
- A collective Analysis highlights common themes, stylistic variations, and significant crossovers in tone and technique, tying together writers from different backgrounds.
- Reflection questions encourage readers to compare the different voices and perspectives within the collection, fostering a richer understanding of the overarching conversation.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Literary Classics
Length408 hrs 53 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 14, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Women of the Suffrage Movement: Memoirs & Biographies of the Most Influential Suffragettes
3Chapter I. Childhood.
4Chapter II. School Days.
5Chapter III. Girlhood.
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6Chapter IV. Life at Peterboro.
7Chapter V. Our Wedding Journey.
8Chapter VI. Homeward Bound.
9Chapter VII. Motherhood.
10Chapter VIII. Boston and Chelsea.
11Chapter IX. The First Woman's Rights Convention.
12Chapter X. Susan B. Anthony.
13Chapter XI. Susan B. Anthony—Continued.
14Chapter XII. My First Speech Before a Legislature.
15Chapter XIII. Reforms and Mobs.
16Chapter XIV. Views on Marriage and Divorce.
17Chapter XV. Women as Patriots.
18Chapter XVI. Pioneer Life in Kansas—Our Newspaper, "The Revolution."
19Chapter XVII. Lyceums and Lecturers.
20Chapter XVIII. Westward Ho!
21Chapter XIX. The Spirit of '76.
22Chapter XX. Writing "The History of Woman Suffrage."
23Chapter XXI. In the South of France.
24Chapter XXII. Reforms and Reformers in Great Britain.
25Chapter XXIII. Woman and Theology.
26Chapter XXIV. England and France Revisited.
27Chapter XXV. The International Council of Women.
28Chapter XXVI. My Last Visit to England.
29Chapter XXVII. Sixtieth Anniversary of the Class of 1832—The Woman's Bible.
30Chapter XXVIII. My Eightieth Birthday.
31Susan B. Anthony
32Volume 1
33Chapter I: Ancestry, Home and Childhood (1550-1826)
34Chapter II: Girlhood and School-Life (1826-1838)
35Chapter III: Financial Crash—The Teacher (1838-1845)
36Chapter IV: The Farm Home—End of Teaching (1845-1850)
37Chapter V: Entrance Into Public Life (1850-1852)
38Chapter VI: Temperance and Teachers' Conventions (1852-1853)
39Chapter VII: Petitions—Bloomers—Lectures (1854)
40Chapter VIII: First County Canvass—The Water Cure (1855)
41Chapter IX: Advance Along All Lines (1856)
42Chapter X: Campaigning with the Garrisonians (1857-1858)
43Chapter XI: Conditions Prior to the War (1859)
44Chapter XII: Rift in Common Law—Divorce Question (1860)
45Chapter XIII: Mob Experience—Civil War (1861-1862)
46Chapter XIV: Women's National Loyal League (1863-1864)
47Chapter XV: "Male" in the Federal Constitution (1865)
48Chapter XVI: The Negro's Hour (1866)
49Chapter XVII: Campaigns in New York and Kansas (1867)
50Chapter XVIII: Establishing the Revolution (1868)
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