Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony tells the little-known story of one of the most compelling political movements and friendships in American history. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were born into a world ruled entirely by men and for more than half a century led the fight to win the most basic civil rights for women. Their story is filled with love and loyalty, envy and betrayal, and raises larger questions of principal and compromise, achievement and ends, and the meaning of independence itself. Their more than half-century struggle led to the passage of the 20th Amendment to the constitution in 1920, which finally granted American women the right to vote. Neither woman lived to see this great victory, but Stanton and Anthony stand as the two most important women in American history.

A Film By
KEN BURNS and
PAUL BARNES

Written By
GEOFFREY C. WARD

Produced By
PAUL BARNES
KEN BURNS

Edited By
SARAH E. HILL

Cinematography
BUDDY SQUIRES
ALLEN MOORE
KEN BURNS

Narrated By
SALLY KELLERMAN

Voice of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
RONNIE GILBERT

Voice of Susan B. Anthony
JULIE HARRIS

Underwriters:
General Motors Corporation
The Pew Charitable Trusts
The Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
The Public Broadcasting Service
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Helen and Peter Bing
New York State Department of Economic Development
The Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES District

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Original Broadcast November 1999

Film Honors:
• Christopher Award, 2000
• Peabody Award, 2000
• Emmy Award, Outstanding Voiceover, Julie Harris as Susan B. Anthony
• Cine Golden Eagle Award, 2000