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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton. By: Toni Moletteri Dimitria Spathakis Christina Stellingwerf. Early Life. Born on November 12, 1815 in Johnstown, NY Stanton’s family was wealthy and she received top education BIG INFLUENCE: FATHER He encouraged her to study law with him

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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  1. Elizabeth Cady Stanton By: Toni Moletteri Dimitria Spathakis Christina Stellingwerf

  2. Early Life • Born on November 12, 1815 in Johnstown, NY • Stanton’s family was wealthy and she received top education • BIG INFLUENCE: FATHER • He encouraged her to study law with him • This is where she first saw the mistreatment of women • Catalyst of Women’s Rights Movement • She attended Johnstown Academy (all boys school) • Attended Troys Female Seminary • Only girls school that provided education equal to that of a boys

  3. Later Years • Married abolitionist – Henry Stanton • Created Seneca Falls Declaration • Susan B. Anthony, Mott, and Stanton created the National Women’s Suffrage Association • Stanton also supported the temperance movement (against alcoholic beverages) • Created one suffrage association by combining the two (AWSA and NWSA) to create the National American Women Suffrage Association • Died October 26, 1902 at age 86

  4. Contributions to Society • American social activist • leading figure in the woman’s rights movement and also and abolitionist • defiant feminist leader • was an eloquent speaker and gave many speeches on women’s rights as she repeatedly toured the country • she took daring stands on issues like more liberal divorce laws as well as voting rights, coeducation, and dress reform 6

  5. Seneca Falls Convention • member of the group that organized the Woman’s Rights Convention in 1848 • “The right is ours. The question now is: how shall we get possession of what rightfully belongs to us?” • drafted and read a “Declaration of Sentiments” • document paralleled with the Declaration of Independence declaring that “all men and women are created equal” • the convention initiated the woman’s rights movement in the United States 7

  6. National American Women Suffrage Association • Stanton was voted the first president • NAWSA fought for women’s equality in the courts, workplaces, and polls • organization was instrumental in winning the ratification of the 19th amendment • the parent organization of hundreds of smaller local and states groups • their strategy was to push suffrage at the state level, and state-by-state support would eventually get the fed. Gov. to pass an amendment • NAWSA hosted large theatrical suffrage parades and held major annual conventions 6

  7. Society without Stanton • Today we take for granted that women have equal rights however in the 1800’s these were the rights women had.... • Virtually NONE • Women had few rights in the areas of property, income, employment, or even custody rights over their own children, let alone voting • a woman was subordinate to her husband and she could even legally be beaten 8

  8. Bibliography • “19th Amendment.” Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Groiler Online, n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2010. <http://teacher.scholastic.com/‌activities/‌suffrage/‌history2.htm>. Burns, Kevin, and Paul Barnes. “The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.” Not For Ourselves Alone. PBS, 2010. Web. 6 Apr. 2010. <http://www.pbs.org/‌stantonanthony/‌ >. “Elizabeth Cady Stanton.” Hyperlinked World History with Biblical Perspective. N.p., 2009. Web. 8 Apr. 2010. <http://www.hyperhistory.net/>. Kennedy, David, Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas Bailey. “The Feminist Movement Takes Form.” The American Pageant. N.p.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. 331-332. Print. “The National American Woman Suffrage Association .” Bryn Mawr Women as Suffragists - the NAWSA Alumnae. Bryn Mawr College, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2010. <http://www.brynmawr.edu/‌library/‌exhibits/‌suffrage/‌nawsa.html>. Oxford University Press. “Elizabeth Cady Stanton.” American National Biography Online. American Council of Learned Societies, 2010. Web. 8 Apr. 2010. <http://www.anb.org/‌articles/‌15/‌15-00640.html>. Shetterly, Rob, and Bob Sargent. “Elizabeth Cady Stanton Biography: Reformer, Writer, Lecturer.” Americans Who Tell The Truth. N.p., 15 Feb. 2010. Web. 8 Apr. 2010. <http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/>. “Women of the Hall.” National Women’s Hall of Fame. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2010. <http://https://www.greatwomen.org/‌women.php?action=viewone&id=149>. 12

  9. Primary Sources • Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, and Lucretia Mott. "'Declaration of Rights and Sentiments'." From: Documents of American History, Vol. I, ed. Henry Steele Commager, Milton Center, p. 315- 317. . American Women's History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE42&iPin=awhm0695&SingleRecord=True (accessed April 11, 2010). • Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. "Address to the First Women's Rights Convention." National Park Service. American Women's History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE42&iPin=E14591&SingleRecord=True (accessed April 11, 2010) 9

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