Not for ourselves alone [videorecording] : the story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony / a film by Ken Burns and Paul Barnes ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Paul Barnes, Ken Burns ; directed by Ken Burns.
Format:
[videorecording] :
Publisher:
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2004
Description:
1 videodisc (194 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 faculty guide (70 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.)
Not for ourselves alone (Television program) Revolution. Failure is impossible.
Notes:
A Florentine Films production. Produced in association with WETA-TV, Washington. Copyright held by the American Lives Film Project. Narrator, Sally Kellerman ; voice of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ronnie Gilbert ; voice of Susan B. Anthony, Julie Harris. DVD version of a television program (c1999) with added background feature. Added feature: The making of Not for ourselves alone, an interview with Ken Burns and Paul Barnes (9 min.).
Contents:
Part 1. Revolution (95 min.): I wish you were a boy -- A drudge or a doll -- A new revelation-- A reformer -- Mental hunger -- Seneca Falls, NY (July 19-20, 1848) -- A caged lion -- Women's souls -- Man's sense of justice -- The Negro's hour. Part 2. Failure is impossible (90 min.): Done it! -- Spreading the word -- Making history -- Wedded to an idea -- The solitude of self -- An awful hush -- A little bit of justice -- Winter wheat.
Summary:
Presents the history of women's suffrage in the United States through the dramatic, often turbulent friendship of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan Anthony. Part 1 covers the years from their youth up to the establishment of the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1868. Part 2 spans the period from 1868 to the passage in 1919 of the 19th amendment to the Constitution which gave women the vote.
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