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 that woman should be subservient to man. By producing the book, Stanton wished to promote a radical liberating theology, one that stressed self-development. The book attracted a great deal of controversy and antagonism at its introduction.
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
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century. She was the main force behind the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, the first convention to be called for the sole purpose of discussing women's rights, and was the primary author of its Declaration of Sentiments. Her demand for women's right to vote generated a controversy at the convention but quickly became a central tenet of the women's movement. She was also active in other social reform activities, especially abolitionism.
Stanton, c. 1880, age 65
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter, Harriot
The Stanton house in Seneca Falls
Lucretia Mott