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Title page of The Woman's Bible, Part II

Elizabeth Cady Stanton · 1898

The title page of the second volume of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's The Woman's Bible, published in 1898.

This is the title page of Stanton's own book, part of her lifelong critique of women's treatment in religion and law.

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Title page of The Woman's Bible, Part II. Large heading 'The Woman's Bible', then 'Part II', then 'Comments on the Old and New Testaments from Joshua to Revelation'. A four-line verse quote from The Parish Register is attributed below. Publication: New York, European Publishing Company, 68 Broad Street, 1898.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, The Woman's Bible, Part II, title page. European Publishing Company, New York, 1898.

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What it is

This is the title page of Part II of The Woman's Bible, written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and published in 1898 by the European Publishing Company in New York. The title page lists the book's subtitle, "Comments on the Old and New Testaments from Joshua to Revelation," and includes a short verse quotation.

Why it matters

The Woman's Bible was Stanton's controversial critique of how religious texts were used to justify women's subordination. This title page is direct evidence of her authorship and the publisher who printed her ideas late in her life.

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  • What does the choice of title, "The Woman's Bible," suggest about Stanton's purpose?
  • Why might a book like this have been controversial when it was published in 1898?
  • What does the publisher's location and name tell us about how such books were printed and distributed?

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