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Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

Two women. One allegiance. Together they fought for women everywhere, and their strong willpower and sheer determination still ripples through contemporary society. Recount the trials, tribulations and triumphs of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony as they strive to give birth to the women’s movement. Not until their deaths was their shared vision of women’s suffrage realized.

Failure is Impossible

1h 29m

Two women, one allegiance. Together Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony fought for women everywhere, and their strong willpower and sheer determination still ripple through contemporary society. Part 2 of Ken Burns's Emmy® Award-winning documentary recounts the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of two pioneers striving to give birth to the women's movement.

Episodes

  • Failure is Impossible: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Failure is Impossible

    S1 E2 - 1h 29m

    Two women, one allegiance. Together Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony fought for women everywhere, and their strong willpower and sheer determination still ripple through contemporary society. Part 2 of Ken Burns's Emmy® Award-winning documentary recounts the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of two pioneers striving to give birth to the women's movement.

  • Revolution: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Revolution

    S1 E1 - 1h 34m

    Two women, one allegiance. Together Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony fought for women everywhere, and their strong willpower and sheer determination still ripple through contemporary society. Part 1 of Ken Burns's Emmy® Award-winning documentary recounts the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of two pioneers striving to give birth to the women's movement.

Extras + Features

  • Women's Suffrage: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Women's Suffrage

    3m 3s

    Suffragettes fought for voting rights for American women, but some people struggled with the social changes that this brought.

  • Winter Wheat: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Winter Wheat

    6m 9s

    Suffragettes fought tirelessly for a woman's right to vote, but it was a difficult endeavor. Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton did not live to see the laws change, but their efforts made ripples throughout history.

  • A Great Partnership: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Great Partnership

    2m 51s

    Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton may have been very different people, but together they formed a great – and complementary – partnership.

  • Seneca Falls Convention: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Seneca Falls Convention

    6m 56s

    When Susan B. Anthony introduced the Declaration of Sentiments at the first convention on women's rights, she prompted a passionate response from the audience.

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