She wrote the bestselling critique of christianity
Stanton and the women's movement fell out over her 1895 book The Woman's Bible, which attacked how religion portrayed women as inferior to men. The Bible, according to Cady Stanton, "teaches the subordination and degradation of women," and equality demands that its lessons be revised. Anthony believed it was more crucial to include individuals of all religions in the fight for the right to vote. The debate caused the book to become a bestseller. A group of volunteers transformed this book from its physical edition to its digital version. It may be available online for free. Wireless delivery is included with the purchase of the Kindle edition.
The Woman's Bible is a two-part non-fiction book that Elizabeth Cady Stanton co-wrote with a committee of 26 women and was released in 1895 and 1898. Its goal is to challenge the conventional theological orthodoxy that woman should be obedient to man. Stanton wrote the book with the intention of advancing a radical freeing theology that placed a strong emphasis on personal growth. At its release, the book sparked a significant deal of debate and hostility.
The publishing of The Woman's Bible was opposed by many of the women's rights activists who collaborated with Stanton because they believed it would undermine the movement for women's suffrage. To the dismay of suffragists who collaborated with Stanton within the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), it became a popular best-seller while never being acknowledged as a major work by Bible scholars. Although Susan B. Anthony attempted to pacify the younger suffragists, they publicly condemned the book and moved to separate the suffrage movement from Stanton's broader agenda, which included criticism of conventional religion. The publication of the book ultimately ended Stanton's influence in the suffrage movement due to the overwhelming unfavorable response, including that of suffragists who had been close to her.
