Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Clay Castner, Johanna Hoehenwarter, Maddie Western

Biography • Elizabeth Stanton was born on November 12, 1815, in Johnston New York. • Born to the daughter of a lawyer who preferred her brother over her, Stanton showed an early excel in intellectual and “male” professions back then. • She graduated from the Emma Willard's Troy Female Seminary in 1832, and was immediately drawn to women’s rights. • Stanton married Henry Stanton in 1840, who supported her in her trying to gain equal rights for women and men. • Elizabeth Cady Stanton died on October 26, 1902.

Womens Rights • During the civil war focused abolition but once the war was finished she focused on women's suffrage. • She worked with Susan B. Anthony to create the group National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) • First president of NWSA • She called for women's voting to be amended by the congress • Published “the Woman’s Bible” in which she critiqued religion that limited women, and brought considerable protest for the women suffrage movement

Abolitionist • Most women's rights activist were also abolitionist but not all abolitionist are women's rights activists • This movement really started in the 1830’s • Northern regions were strongly against slavery an pushed abolition forward • Southern regions of the united states depended on the free labor slaves provided. • Without slaves the southern economy would be in a total crisis. • This had been a very heated debate ever since this country was established

Contributions to Woman’s Rights • When she was married in 1840 to Henry Brewster Stanton, she refused to “obey” him like other women • She was the first women to be chosen as president for the Women’s National Suffrage Association • She drafted the Seneca Falls Decoration • She coauthored works such as The History of Woman Suffrage and The Woman’s Bible • She was the author of a book called Eighty Years or More • Gave lectures, mostly to women, on abolition • Women’s parental and custody rights • Property rights • Employment and income rights • Women’s right in divorce • Birth control

Contributions to Slavery • Supported her abolition husband during the World Anti-Slavery convention in London • Her fight for the Anti Suppression of Women promoted non discrimination of all people, including slaves, sending a feeling of acceptance to her followers and instilling anti-slavery morals. • Stanton was heavily scrutinized for many of her beliefs, and could relate to those who were not valued as slaves.

Citations • Lewis, Jone Johnson. "Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Women’s Suffrage Pioneer." about.com. The New York Times Company, n.d. Web. 12 Apr 2010. <http://womenshistory.about.com/od/stantonelizabeth/a/stanton.htm>. • Murphy, John Patrick Michael. "Elizebeth Cady Stanton." Secular Web (1999): n. pag. Web. 12 Apr 2010. <http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/john_murphy/stanton.html • Schultz, Stanley K. "Feminist Leader." American History 102. Board Of Regents, 1999. Web. 12 Apr 2010. <http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/bios/13.html> • Nosotro, Rit. "Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Leader for Women’s Rights." HyperHystory.net. N.p., TUE, 22 DEC 2009. Web. 12 Apr 2010. <http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b4elizabethcstanton_p

Elizabeth Cady Stanton