Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words

by Lynn Sherr

Overview

Juxtaposed with contemporary reports and biographical essays, the words of this legendary suffragist reveal Susan B. Anthony as a loyal, caring friend, and an eloquent, humorous crusader. "More than a collection of well-arranged quotations, the work informs, inspires, and gives historical perspective".--The Houston Post. 33 photos & illustrations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780812927184
Publisher:	Crown Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/30/1996
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	537,306
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.97(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Lynn Sherr is the author of the New York Times bestseller Sally Ride: America’s First Woman in Space, and was an award-winning correspondent for the ABC News program 20/20. Sherr is the winner of an Emmy, two American Women in Radio and Television Commendation awards, a Gracie Award, and, among other honors, a George Foster Peabody Award. She lives in New York.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	xi
1	Miss Anthony	3
2	School Days	17
3	Oh Slavery, Hateful Thing	29
4	What Do Women Want?	45
5	The Cause	60
6	General Anthony	70
7	One More Screech For Freedom	80
8	The Years Of The Women	91
9	A Fine Agitation	107
10	The Original Frequent Flier	119
11	The Speakeress	131
12	The Enemy	142
13	Gentlemen, Take Notice	155
14	Sisterhood Is Powerful	165
15	With Friends Like These ...	178
16	Dressing For Success	188
17	Publish Or Perish	199
18	Current Affairs	212
19	Get Money--Get Wealth	226
20	Perpetual Motion	239
21	Divine Discontent	247
22	The Pleasure Of Her Company	265
23	Sparrows, Spoons, And Surnames	275
24	Foremothers	285
25	The New Woman	293
26	Saint Susan	308
27	Failure Is Impossible!	319
	Epilogue	328
	Acknowledgments	331
	Notes	335
	Bibliography	367
	Photo Credits	369
	Index	371

Editorial Reviews

This collection of excerpts from speeches and letters by women's rights advocate Anthony (1820-1906) reflects her activism on many issues, including female suffrage, the abolition of slavery, temperance, domestic violence and legal rights of married women. Sherr, a correspondent for ABC's 20/20 and coauthor of Susan B. Anthony Slept Here, accompanies Anthony's eloquent words with informed biographical essays. Anthony's spirited 50-year fight to gain the vote for women is detailed here, as well as the anger she expressed when friend and antislavery activist Frederick Douglass excluded women from his fight for voting rights for African Americans. After being jailed for voting illegally, Anthony wrote, ``It was we, the people, not we, the white male citizens, but we, the whole people who formed this union.'' The 19th Amendment, granting voting rights to women, was passed 14 years after Anthony's death. Illustrations. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

"Away with your man-visions! Women propose to reject them all, and begin to dream dreams for themselves," writes Anthony in one selection from this sprightly collection of her correspondence, speeches, interviews, and published writings. Sherr, 20/20 correspondent and coauthor of Susan B. Anthony Slept Here (LJ 5/1/94), has arranged the selections by topic-"Oh Slavery, Hateful Thing," "The Original Frequent Flier," "Get Money, Get Wealth," etc.-and chronologically within topics. Specialists may object that this arrangement distorts the historical meaning of some selections; this reader regretted that the leading chapter concerned Anthony's marital status. These are quibbles, however, for this is a fascinating and accessible volume. Sherr includes a brief but choice bibliography and notes that most of the selections are in the microfilm edition of The Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, available to library patrons in some areas. Essential for public, high school, and academic libraries.-Carolynne Myall, Eastern Washington Univ. Libs., Cheney

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