In these essays on the 19th-century American feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, journalist Vivian Gornick places the great radical thinker and orator in her own historical context, assessing Stanton`s importance in the struggle for universal rights. Gornick`s title comes from the title of Stanton`s famous speech on solitude and the self. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.