Not for Ourselves Alone explained

Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony is a 1999 documentary by Ken Burns^[1] produced for National Public Radio and WETA.^[2] The documentary explores the movement for women's suffrage in the United States in the 19th century, focusing on leaders Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. It won a Peabody Award in 1999.^[3] It was released on VHS on November 9, 1999.

Events covered in the documentary

• The revolution
• "I wish you were a boy" The status of women in the mid-1850s
• A drudge or a doll
• Connections to the abolitionist movement
• Temperance and reform
• Mental Hunger - the restrictions leading to activism
• The Seneca Falls Convention on women's rights
• "A caged lion" - Susan B. Anthony
• Women's Souls
• The Woman's National Loyal League and the American Civil War
• The 15th amendment and women's rights
• The Revolution (newspaper)
• Done It! Women's rights before the courts
• Spreading the Word
• Making History
• Division and unity - the American Woman Suffrage Association and the NWSA merge
• Self Sovereignty - a philosophy of freedom
• The Woman's Bible - a challenge to religion
• Anthony's death
• The franchise comes

References

1. Web site: Not For Ourselves Alone . . 2009-08-18.
2. Web site: Not For Ourselves Alone . . 2009-08-18.
3. http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/not-for-ourselves-alone-the-story-of-elizabeth-cady-stanton-and-susan-b.-an 59th Annual Peabody Awards