TV series

Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony

1999★ 7.5 · 4Ended1 seasonDocumentary

Overview

The little-known story of one of the most compelling political movements and friendships in American history.

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Cast

Sally Kellerman
as Narrator (voice)

Ronnie Gilbert
as Elizabeth Cady Stanton (voice)

Keith David
as Frederick Douglass (voice)

Julie Harris
as Susan B. Anthony (voice)

Crew

Geoffrey C. Ward
Writer

Ken Burns
Producer

Ken Burns
Director

Paul Barnes
Producer

Seasons

Miniseries

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were born into a world ruled entirely by men and for more than half a century led the fight to win the most basic civil rights for women. Their story is filled with love and loyalty, envy and betrayal, and raises larger questions of principal and compromise, achievement and ends, and the meaning of independence itself. Their more than half-century struggle led to the passage of the 19th Amendment to the constitution in 1920, which finally granted American women the right to vote. Neither woman lived to see this great victory, but Stanton and Anthony stand as the two most important women in American history.

Episodes: 2