Not for Ourselves Alone

Not for Ourselves Alone
Directed by	Ken Burns
Produced by	Paul Barnes Ken Burns
Written by	Geoffrey Ward
Narrated by	Sally Kellerman
Cinematography	Buddy Squires Allen Moore Ken Burns
Edited by	Sarah E. Hill
Production company	Florentine Films WETA
Release dates	November 7, 1999 and 8
Running time	210 minutes

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 National American Woman Suffrage Association and NWSA merge
• Self Sovereignty - a philosophy of freedom
• The Woman's Bible - a challenge to religion
• Anthony's death
• The franchise comes

External links

• Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. "Not For Ourselves Alone". Retrieved 2009-08-18.
2. "Not For Ourselves Alone". Retrieved 2009-08-18.
3. 59th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2000.