Customer Reviews:
 Past points out shortcomings of the present January 22, 2000
Dina Kerik (Mango)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Doris Weatherford's book is a rare find eclipsing other histories of the first wave of the Women's Movement in it's precise details and meticulous data search. By simply stating the wealth of information kept in record by the Seneca Falls group, Weatherford points out the inconsistencies between the lack of modern day Feminist Movement dialogue. Indeed, I found myself wishing the Second and Third Wave Feminists had captured the insight to keep as meticulous a record on their struggles and activism. If you're looking for Who-What-Why and How in the Women's Movement or for data on the Suffrage struggle and the hundred year battle to win women the vote, this is THE book. As in her other books on women's history, Doris Weatherford is the consummate researcher. The biblio alone is worth gold. Weatherford writes in an easy style that both engages and interests the reader as she breathes life into Elizabeth Cady-Stanton, Victoria Woodhull and Susan B. Anthony and the tremendous stuggle of American Women's Suffrage.
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