Elizabeth Cady Stanton

determined women, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The idea came up in London when they were denied the opportunity to speak on the floor or even take a seat as a delegate (Law). While trying to secure the rights for the enslaved African Americans, they felt women also were treated unequally. After brainstorming, they decided it was best to have a national convention. This would lead them to take the necessary steps to be the same as the men (Law). Stanton and her followers issued a…

In the 1840 Elizabeth Cady Stanton attended the World’s Anti-Slavery Convention in London, where, unlike her husband, she was not allowed to participate. The treatment of women abolitionists at the convention made Stanton and her new friend Lucretia Mott decide to organize their own convention, this time, in the United States. On July 19, 1848, Seneca Fall Convention…

This was the commencement of a time period called the “Reconstructive Era.” This is also where Stanton met her life-long suffragist partner, Susan B. Anthony(LaMance 1). Anthony was inspired to become a suffragist due to the fact that she was denied to speak at a temperance convention simply because she was a woman.She did everything she could to ensure…

made $10.00 a month and a female teacher made $2.50 a month which she found that unfair and injustice. On August 2, Susan’s family and she went to the Rochester Women's Rights Convention in 1848. In 1851, Amelia Bloomer introduced Susan to Elizabeth Cady Stanton which would have likely made Susan begin to take an interest in women’s rights, but it was actually Lucy Stone’s speech that convinced her to take an interest in the women’s rights movement.…

beliefs of feminism. Arguably the most notable of these women was Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Stanton’s actions and beliefs truly shaped 19th-century feminism. Stanton believed in the right of women to divorce their husbands and be provided marital protection, equal legal rights between men and women, women’s right to vote, women’s right to property in her own name, and equal opportunities between men and women in the workplace (Gordon). Stanton argued for suffragette by stating that women’s…

The Women’s Rights Movement is a movement created for and by women who seek equality in their personal lives, workplaces, and in their families. This movement is also referred to as the “Feminist Movement” which consists of four different “waves.” The first one focused on women’s suffrage, the second one was during the 1960s-70s and was the most prominent one because it was when the term “feminist” was coined. The third wave was during the 90s and primarily focused on “queer theory”, the theory…

I. Legal reform brought about by Elizabeth Cady Stanton A. Summoned the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls along with Lucretia Mott 1. Monotonous life as a housewife a. Spent more time with society b. Injustices present at the time were explicated 2. Met with Lucretia Mott a. Both had same views about the injustices found in society b. Planned the women’s rights convention to address those issues 3. Great success with convention resulted in it becoming a regular means of aid to…

It was back in 1848, women like Elizabeth Stanton were pleading for their right to vote. Stanton was a demagogue for the rights of women. All women, at the time, were all denied the essential right to be a part of the bigger picture and to be equal. Woman suffrage was the single largest enfranchisement and extension of democratic rights in our nation’s history. Women’s Suffrage is one of the most important American Political movements. It was the nineteenth-century women’s rights movement. Women…

everywhere to have the same rights as men. Before all of this, there was a group of women activists that held a meeting about womens rights. It was located in New York in the city of Seneca Falls in 1848. The two women that held the meeting were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Most all the peole there belived one thing and that one thing was “We hold these truths to be self-evident and that all men and women are created…

“Home Life” is a manuscript that was written in 1875 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It is unknown where she wrote “Home Life” but it was mostly likely in New York because she was lived there her whole life. Elizabeth Stanton was a white woman, well educated, and an activist for women’s rights. Elizabeth’s characteristics will affect her perspective while writing. These characteristics will shape her perspectives because she is going to support women’s rights in her writings. In her writings, she…