Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Personal Narrative For The Women's Rights Movement?

Since the making of the United States woman have always been underestimated with their talents, independence, and intelligent. White men had always been the ones who decide the rules and regulation for our country and kept women and other races at a lower education social status so they won’t be able to compete. When women were able to earn somewhat of an income married women were demanded to give their money to their husbands and were not allowed to own property, could not vote, and were taxed without representation. Women did not stand up and make a move for their rights until July 19, 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York at the Woman’s Rights Convention that was held inside the Wesleyan Chapel. The meeting was held by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. 68 women and 32 men agreed on signing a Declarations of Sentiments, the declaration demanded equal rights for men in women in the workplace, education, and give women the rights to vote, and discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women. The primary writer of the Declaration of Sentiment was Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Stanton based this document on the Declarations of …show more content…
This brought many of women into the temperance movement and creating the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, WCTU, in 1874. The union fought for social reform, education, and legislation in concerns of alcohol abuse. Thanks to the union and other anti-alcohol organization that were mainly supported by women the 18th amendment was passed in 1919 and the amendment did not prohibit the consumption of alcohol. This is proof that women did not have an easy life compared to white men and before the women’s movement society made it hard to impossible for a women to make a living on her