melissa mcewan

Few and far between are the references in literature to the bonds between women, yet they are described on page after page of History of Woman Suffrage, and this deep friendship and commitment among women is not just confined to Stanton and Anthony. But it was Stanton and Anthony who together appreciated how important it was that women's lives and activities and ideas be described from the perspective of women and 'handed on' to future generations who would then receive an important gift, which they themselves had not inherited.