''Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony'' is a 1999 documentary by

Ken Burns Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29, 1953) is an American filmmaker known for his documentary film, documentary films and television series, many of which chronicle United States, American History of the United States, history and Culture of the ...

produced for

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and WETA. The documentary explores the movement for

women's suffrage in the United States In the 1700's to early 1800's New Jersey did allow Women the right to vote before the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 19th Amendment, but in 1807 the state restricted the right to vote to "...tax-paying, ...

in the 19th century, focusing on leaders

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902) was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century. She was the main force behind the 1848 Seneca ...

and

Susan B. Anthony Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to s ...

. It won a

Peabody Award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...

in 1999.59th Annual Peabody Awards
May 2000. 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 Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery. In Western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism was a historic movement that sought to end the Atlantic slave trade and liberate the enslaved people. The British ...

* Temperance and reform * Mental Hunger - the restrictions leading to activism * The

Seneca Falls Convention The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman".Wellman, 2004, p. 189 Held in the Wesleyan Methodist Church ...

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 American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

* 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 ''The Woman's Bible'' is a two-part non-fiction book, written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and a committee of 26 women, published in 1895 and 1898 to challenge the traditional position of religious orthodoxy that woman should be subservient to man ...

'' - a challenge to religion * Anthony's death * The franchise comes

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* American documentary films Films directed by Ken Burns Documentary films about feminism Documentary films about United States history Peabody Award-winning broadcasts Media about women's suffrage in the United States Films about activists Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1990s American films {{hist-documentary-film-stub