Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Radical For Woman's Rights

Lois W. Banners “Elizabeth Cady Stanton; A radical for Woman’s Rights” is probably the most dreadfully, painfully, boring book any reader could ever lay their hands on. After reading this book readers may want to cry for a few hours because they will never get those valuable hours of their lives back, no matter how hard they try. There was not even one single interesting thing about this book. It seems as if the author just wanted to confuse the reader, rather than educating them.
From the first sentence in the book readers will most likely already be confused. Also, readers will have to go back and read paragraphs over and over again so they will be able to remember what, or whom the author is even talking about. The author tends to use words

that only a little percentage of her audience could even understand. Although it is painfully boring, there are some facts about Elizabeth Cady Stanton that readers may find interesting; For example, how Stanton had no intentions on becoming a reformer in the beginning. The author also described Stanton in a very interesting way when Banner said “Although Elizabeth was not beautiful, her infectious smile, her welcoming and riveting eyes, her wit, and her boundless energy and sense of fun made her attractive to men” After reading that description readers may actually be able to picture in their minds what Elizabeth was actually like.
This book has no relevance to college kids today, unless they want to be a women’s suffragists’ reformer. College kids even may want to burn every single copy of this book that was ever made so they never have to lay another eye on it, or think about how brutally boring it was. Honestly, probably no one in existence would recommend this book to anyone.
Any article a student or researcher may read in different books or magazine, will find the same information in this book. The information seems very realistic and it does seem like the author took the time to research Elizabeth Cady Stanton. This book will teach readers all they need to know about the Working-woman’s Association, and the Women’s Suffrage Association of America. The arguments in this book are mainly about giving women equal rights as men, and letting them have the right to vote and participate in the daily activities that men were presented with.
With all of this being said, Lois W. Banner’s book was not very appealing, and probably would never be a number one seller. It may even seem like reading another language to some readers because of how confusing, and how the word choice was. College kids around the world will probably throw their copies of this book away, after taking endless hours to even read it, and never even think twice about it again. In conclusion, never consider reading this book.

Carah Davis
Fall 2015