Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Chautauqua scholars Sally Wagner & Charles Pace who portray Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Frederick Douglass. The two friends were leaders in the fight for the rights of women and blacks in the 1800's.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass were good friends from the mid 19th century to the late 19th century, and were active leaders in the fight for the rights of women and blacks throughout their lives. From time to time they got together to visit and talk about America, as they knew it. In this archive edition of Radio Curious recorded in May 1998, I met with Chautauqua scholars Sally Roesch Wagner and Charles Pace who portrayed Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass.
We began our conversation when I asked them each to tell us what it was like to be an American during their life time.
The book Frederick Douglass recommends is, âThe Columbian Orator: Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces Together With Rules, Which Are Calculated to Improve Youth and Others, in the Ornamental and Using Art of Eloquenceâ by Caleb Bingham. The book Charles Pace recommends is, âW. E. B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868 to 1919,â by David Levering Lewis.
The book Elizabeth Cady Stanton recommends is, âThe Womanâs Bibleâ edited by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The book Sally Wagner recommends is, âThe Homesteader: A Novel,â by Oscar Micheaux.
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A Visit with Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Frederick Douglass