The Woman's Bible
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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
This book, written by women, is a collection of critical commentaries on texts within chapters of the Bible directly referring to women with its purpose being to explore man's translations and their interpretations of Scriptures that make woman inferior to man.
Lucretia Mott used Bible passages to answer those who argued for women's subservience.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was dissatisfied with both the King James Version and the Revised Version of the Bible.
The Woman's Bible, Part I, first edition Revising Committee including Mrs. Chapman Catt
Matilda Joslyn Gage
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Matilda Joslyn Gage was an American writer and activist. She is mainly known for her contributions to women's suffrage in the United States, but also campaigned for Native American rights, abolitionis
The Woman's Bible
…1895, the Revising Committee listed 23 members, including Phebe Ann Coffin Hanaford, Clara Bewick Colby, Augusta Jane Chapin, Lillie Devereux Blake, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Olympia Brown, and Carrie Chapman Catt. Just a few months later in early 1896, Part I, Second Edition was released permanently replacing Mrs. Catt's…
"A Woman of the Century"
Engraving of Gage by John Chester Buttre after photo by Napoleon Sarony
A plaque commemorating Matilda Joslyn Gage outside of the Gage home in Fayetteville