A woman of many roles; suffragist, abolitionist, author, and women’s rights activist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton generated the plan for woman’s rights that has led to the present day opportunities women have. Henry Thomas said “She was the architect and author of the movement’s most important strategies and documents.” Born on November 12, 1815 in Johnstown, New York she was raised by her two affluent parents who were able to provide her with great educational opportunities. And even so, she was unable to further her education past Johnstown Academy because opportunity for higher education was left solely for men. Elizabeth would attend court with her father, Daniel Cady, who was a judge and lawyer. It was in doing this that she saw firsthand the suffering women had to endure facing legal discrimination. Doing this, she realized how unfair the laws were for women and from this point on, she decided to take action and do whatever she could to transform the adversity into equality. In 1840, she married her husband, Henry Brewster Stanton, who was an abolitionist. During their honeymoon, they traveled to London to attend the World’s Anti-Slavery Convention. It was during this convention women were denied the right to participate. They were told to sit behind a curtain and were unable to voice their opinions. This outraged Elizabeth, who hoped she would be able to advocate for the abolishment of slavery alongside her husband. This sparked her relationship with Lucretia Mott and several other women. "The general discontent I felt with woman's portion as wife, housekeeper, physician, and spiritual guide, the chaotic conditions into which everything fell without her constant supervision, and the wearied, anxious look of the majority of wo... ... middle of paper ... ... that held women back. She was a remarkable woman who deserves to be credited for all of the immeasurable effort she put into the advancement of women. In 1902, she passed away, 20 years shy of seeing her ultimate dream of gaining the right to vote as a woman turn into reality. Works Cited 1. Gottshall, Jon. “Seneca Falls, New York: The First Women’s Rights Convention July 19 & 20th, 1848.” 12 March 2014 2. “Stanton, Elizabeth Stanton.” Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier Online 2004. 12 March 2014 http://public1.hccc.suny.edu:2128/ea-ol/static/0000013.html 3. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: In the School of Anti-Slavery, 1840-1866 (Rutgers: Rutgers University Press, 1997). 4. Waggenspack, Beth M. The Search for Sovereignty: The Oratory of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Greenwood Press, 1989).
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, born in 1815, was known for her dedicated role as a women’s rights activist. At the peak of her career, she teamed up with Susan B. Anthony and formed the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and also eventually brought about the passage of the 19th amendment, giving all American citizens the right to vote. But before all that, Stanton started out as an abolitionist, spending her time focused on abolishing slavery but then later becoming more interested in women’s suffrage. One of her most famous moments was
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A key figure in both the women’s rights and abolition movements, she brought them from lectures to full organizations. Stone died before women earned the right to vote, nevertheless, she was still a major influence. Nowadays, women have much more rights because of efforts put in by many reformers, including Lucy
Elizabeth Cady Stanton wanted to start making meetings and speeches to make people aware of how women were treated around them. She paired up with a woman named Susan B. Anthony to help her make speeches. So Elizabeth made her first speech at Seneca Falls in 1848. Elizabeth had her first women's rights convention. The most noteworthy of the earlier conventions were the ones held in Massachusetts, where
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Susan remained active and dedicated to women’s suffrage until her death on March 13, 1906.
...er contributions to society to a 5 page paper. She did amazing things to improve society as a whole. During her lifetime she was an, author, philosopher, women and children’s rights activist, humanitarian, scholar, sociologist, social worker, social leader, and founder of many programs still in place today. Her ideas continue to influence social, political and economic reform all over the world. I think it would be fair to say it is a blessing she was born in a time that made her type of work more difficult. She worked tirelessly to produce much needed changes that we benefit from today. Often times as Americans we take for granted the freedoms and protections are given to us, not taking into consideration the backbone that was necessary to make them happen. I am thankful for the opportunity to study and become more familiar with such an amazing woman of history.
“Thus had died and been laid to rest in the most quiet, unostentatious way the most useful and distinguished woman America had yet produced,” (Wilson, Pg. 342).
The early women's movement was dominated by an uncompromising attitude of right versus wrong. This attitude came from the involvement of this same segment of society in the abolitionist movement. While intellectually appealing, in "Not Wards of the Nation: The Struggle for Women's Suffrage," William H. Chafe tells us that early women's rights advocates "were generally dismissed as a 'class of wild enthusiasts and visionaries' and received little popular support (Oates 153). One of the founders of this movement was Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
... middle of paper ... ... While on a honeymoon, she met a young lady by the name of Lucretia Mott. Both were present at the World’s Anti-Slavery Convention, which Stanton’s husband was a delegate of.
Susan B. Anthony who was a Quaker, was therefore opposed to the immorality slavery but also played a role in the movement calling for equality and rights of women. Anthony was inspired by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was also active in both movements, but very famous for her aggressive action in the Women's Movement, which can be shown by Document I. Elizabeth Cady Stanton played a very important role in The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848. This convention also sought to expand democratic ideals, and more radically than perhaps any other event of any movement. They produced a declaration which stated that all men and women are created equal, and should therefore be treated equal. Stanton believed that women should be equally "represented in the government" and demanded for the right to vote.
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Although these women did not live to cast their votes in an election, their hard work did pay off by obtaining women the right to own property and fight for custody of their children in a court of law. In this day women cannot imagine being thrown out of their homes because their husband had died or being forced to leave their children in order to escape an abusive relationship.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s speech was very impactful thanks to her well thought-out address, emotionally impactful statements, and rhetorical devices. By using emotional, logical, and ethical appeals, she was able to persuade many, and show a first hand look at someone personally crippled by the lack of women’s rights in her time. Through her experience, she was able to give an exceptional speech conveying the deprivation of women in her time, changing society, and helping women reach equality in America.
Women’s rights pioneer, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in her speech, The Destructive Male, expresses her feelings about Women's suffrage in 1868, and brought to light the misconception that women are not equal to man and imply that men bring more destruction than restoration.