Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Women's Rights Pioneer

by Connie Colwell Miller

A biography telling the life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a staunch supporter of women's rights including women's right to vote. Written in graphic-novel format.

Genres: Graphic Novels, History, Biography, Nonfiction, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Ms. Arca]

I didn't know much about the earlier female pioneers who worked for women to have the right to vote. Elizabeth Stanton sounds like a stubborn, brave, intelligent woman! I like how the book began to talk about how it was complicated to fight for Women's rights and rights for African Americans.. and how sometimes the people fighting for these rights disagreed about what was the best way to go about the work of equality (for all!).

[Erica Patton]

Elizebeth Cady Stanton is a inspiration to all women. This graphic novel explains how Elizabeth fought for women to have voting rights. This book covers her childhood and what led her to become an activist for the rest of her life. In 1848, the first woman's gathering was held in Seneca Falls, New York. Around 100 guest attended, with two-thirds of them being women. This gathering is where Elizabeth created a mock of the Declaration of Independence. She fought for sentiments, grievances and resolutions that stood for "all men and women are equal." This illustrations in this book allow this important information about Elizabeth and how she fought for women to have equality of men and women. This book is geared towards 2 and 3 graders but I am sure the older kids would enjoy it too. I would recommend this for anyone who is eager to learn about the Pioneer days.

[Sunday]

Has a lot of potential for engaging students in thinking about the emotions the women in the movement felt and the tension in that time period over equal rights. Room for higher level conversations related to the author's point of view and decisions about what Stanton might have said in that moment with her father etc. based on the primary sources.

Needs to be updated - uses "slave" vs. "enslaved person"; I'd ask students to think about the difference.

[Kelly Stanton]

I really enjoyed reading this quick, nonfiction, graphic novel. I had no idea the amount of obstacles that Elizabeth Cady Stanton had to overcome on her journey. You should definitely give this book a chance!

[Cynthia]

A wonderfully concise, but well thought out graphic biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her quest for women's suffrage.

[Igor Tishchenko]

good book but i want more adventure

[Sarah Hope]

This is the first title I have read from the Graphic Library series, a collection of biographies and historical events mostly from U. S. history presented in graphic novel format.

The life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton is depicted through modernized, vivid illustrations with text bubbles to show narration, thoughts, and supposed speech between individuals. Some of the text bubbles have a yellow background, which the editor of the series explains is the indication that the words are direct quotations from primary sources. Each quotation is listed by page number and source on the inside front page of the book. This biography is broken into four chapters and includes more information about Elizabeth Cady Stanton in "fast fact" form. Being a non-fiction work, it contains a glossary and index, as well as information for accessing exclusive online content tied to this particular title. Additional reading suggestions on Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the author's bibliography are also available at the back of the book.

[Angie Fehl]

Effective and entertaining primer for young readers to be introduced to the basics of the life of abolitionist and suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The text features direct quotes from Stanton (highlighted in yellow when used) and bright, colorful illustrations sure to catch the reader's eye. I also liked that this graphic novel features the whole of Stanton's life, from early childhood interest in activism to her continued work in her elderly years.

[Rose]

305.42 Mil

[Megan]

This is a really basic but good introduction to Elizabeth Cady Stanton's life and the women's suffrage movement.

[Derek]

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[Jimmy Eldridge]

Quick quick graphic novel. Pretty interesting nonfictional story. Would never recommend.