Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a leader of the women's suffrage movement (women wanting the right to vote). She founded several organizations and held many gatherings such as the Seneca Falls Convention, on the first day of this specific confrence Stanton read the "Declaration of Sentiments and Grievances" this decleration was written up to modle the actual Declaration of Independence. This specific declartaion convinced many women that the movement needed to be taken to the next level. She…

objectified and put down to the lowest humane level possible. The misogyny against women has been so strong that many writers have put their feelings into writings, which are very powerful to both men and women. Writers like Marge Piercy, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the memorable speaker, Sojourner Truth, put into perspective how women were degraded by our own society. During shakespeare’s time, women who were born…

convention in 1851 and met Elizabeth Cady Clayton who was involved in the temperance movement which was aimed at limiting or completely stopping selling and production of alcohol. Campaigning against alcohol is what inspired Susan to fight for women’s rights.This inspired her after being denied to speak at a temperance convention because she was a woman. She then believed that no one would take women in politics seriously until they had the right to vote like men.Susan and Elizabeth created the…

women the right to vote. The Seneca Falls Convention was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who is regarded as one the early leaders of the women rights movement. At the convention Stanton “read a ‘Declaration of Sentiments,’ which in the spirit of the Declaration of Independence declared that ‘all men and women are created equal” (Kennedy Cohen Bailey 332). The convention garnered ridicule and criticism from the press. Stanton felt that the attention was necessary, saying “It will start women…

Well are some names of people that have helped Susan B. Anthony on her journey to have woman have the right to vote. Actually Susan B. Anthony would mostly work with Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Together they created the first Women's Suffrage and Woman's Rights Movement in America, in 1851. In fact this Suffrage was her first step to…

This was the first convention of the kind ever held. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were the main hosts. Their purpose was to convince the American citizens, men and women, of the inequality of women's current position in the American society. To prove that it was either unjust, or that the freedoms we…

secondary source talks about the author's opinion- why she/he takes voting seriously. The author goes on explaining who the suffragists and anti-suffragists were during the 1800's to support her idea. Wellman, Judith. The Road to Seneca Falls: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the First Woman's Rights Convention. United States: University of Illinois, 2004. Print. This book provided a few quotes and useful information about the Seneca Falls Convention and other important people involved in the women’s…

200 women attended a conference organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to “discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women.” (History) At this conference the “Declaration of Sentiments” was created. This was a revision of the Declaration of Independence that included women to it. In 1869 Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell formed the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed the American Woman Suffrage…

Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jane Addams, and most importantly, Virginia Minor. These women worked for centuries to gain women the right to vote, equal work wages, and equality next to men. While each of these women had a major part in women’s history, they each took…

their opinions, and were submissive to their husbands. Women desired a change from this tradition and way of life. Women had their first gathering of women’s right in Seneca Falls, New York in July of 1848 (The Women’s’ Rights Movement, 2007). Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was the organizer of the gathering later met Susan B. Anthony and together they served as women right activist. That is how the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) developed. Another woman, Lucy Stone, created the American…