League of Women Voters to screen documentary film, Not For Ourselves Alone.
Aug. 25 at Oak Park Library

“If there is one part of my life which gives me more intense satisfaction than another, it is my friendship of more than forty years standing with Susan B. Anthony... Emerson says, ‘It is better to be a thorn in the side of your friend than his echo.’ If this adds weight and stability to friendship, then ours will endure forever, for we have indeed been thorns in the side of each other... I have had no peace for 40 years, since the day we started together on the suffrage expedition in search of woman’s place in the National Constitution.”—Elizabeth Cady Stanton

In honor of Women’s Equality Day, the League of Women Voters of Oak Park & River Forest will screen the documentary film, “Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony” by Ken Burns and Paul Barnes on Thursday, Aug. 25, at 6:30 p.m. at the Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake Street. The program is free and open to the public.

“Not for Ourselves Alone” tells the dramatic, little-known story of one of the most compelling friendships in American History. Both Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were born into a world ruled entirely by men. By the time their lives were over, they had changed for the better the lives of a majority of American citizens.

With live cinematography, compelling interviews and historical photographs never before seen on screen, “Not for Ourselves Alone” provides a dual portrait of two great Americans who improved the lives of women everywhere.

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Established in 1902, the Oak Park Public Library has served the community of Oak Park for more than a century. Today the Library serves 53,000 residents in Oak Park, Illinois with three locations: the Main Library, Dole Branch Library, and Maze Branch Library. The Library offers a large collection of fiction and nonfiction titles, movies, CDs, audiobooks, magazines, newspapers, reference materials and online resources, and local history information. In addition, the Main Library is known for its impressive collection of permanent artwork, including pieces by local artists. For more information on the Oak Park Public Library and its collections and services, please visit www.oppl.org or call 708-383-8200.