2/24/14 Elizabeth Cady Stanton There are many people that have contributed to what is now known as America. This place filled with opportunities‚ dreams‚ freedom and equality would have never been without the courageous people of the past. The souls willing to give up anything for a future where everyone is welcomed and accepted. Elizabeth Cady Stanton yearned for a life where women were praised and acknowledged. She desired
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton Leader in the Movement for Women’s Rights I. Early Life a. Elizabeth was born in 1815 in New York. b. She was one of eleven children and only six survived past their youth. This caused her mother to go into deep depression. c. Elizabeth received a good education for a woman and spent a lot of time of with her father who discussed books and legal issues with her. d. When her only surviving brother from her childhood died‚ her father was very upset and told Elizabeth that he
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a female figure unlike no other. Mrs. Stanton was born on November 12‚ 1815 in Johnstown New York. Graduating from the Troy Female Seminary in 1832‚ she progressed into becoming a women rights activist who was also drawn to the abolitionist and temperance movements through visits to the home of her cousin‚ the reformer Gerrit Smith. Her cousin also introduced Mrs. Stanton to a fellow reformer and an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society and
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Clark Period 6 Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) was an outstanding figure in the history of the fight for women’s rights‚ and also worked within the abolitionist movement. It has been 111 years since her death‚ and yet the standards she set for women’s rights still affect many movements today. One of Elizabeth’s greatest accomplishments was the organization of the Seneca Falls Convention‚ in which 300 people (including 40 men) attended to listen to guest speakers‚ such as Stanton‚ speak about the
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personal role model is Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ a leader of the women’s rights movement during the 19th century. She is someone who manifested all of these heroic traits by combatting the sexist ideas people had during this era. Throughout the course of her life‚ she shattered the expectations
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton was am important element of the Woman’s Rights Movements. Elizabeth Stanton was born in 1815 to Daniel and Mary Livingston Cady. What really made Elizabeth become a catalyst of the Woman’s Rights Movement was when her sister and her were born. Her parents reaction to her and her sister’s birth was a greatly disappointment to the both of them because they preferred boys then girls. One thing Stanton wanted to do while growing up was to please her parents. She tried to
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First Feminists: Elizabeth Cady Stanton During the 19th century‚ women’s position in society consisted of being a wife and homemaker. Women weren’t advised to educated themselves or even hold a job. When a woman got married they didn’t have‚ “the right to own their own property‚ keep their own wages‚ or sign a contract. In addition‚ all women were denied the right to vote” (Rights for Women [RFW]‚ 2007). Women gaining the right to vote is otherwise known as Woman Suffrage. “The woman suffrage movement
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very long time women weren’t seen as equal to men. On July 19‚ 1848 in Seneca Falls‚ NY the first women’s rights convention took place where over a few hundred people attended but only a hundred people signed the "Declaration of Sentiments". Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of a few women who wrote this document. "The Declaration of Sentiments" says that all men and women are created equal. This was created upon women to organize and petition to gain the rights and privileges that they were denied because
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Biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton By: Kylie Fung Elizabeth Cady Stanton was both an abolitionist and a women’s right activist‚ feminist‚ editor‚ and writer. Her writing‚ Declaration of Sentiments‚ gave a revolutionary call to all women across the country. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born on November 12‚ 1815 in Johnstown‚ New York. After she graduated from the Emma Willard’s Troy Female Seminary in 1832‚ she started to get interested in abolitionist‚ temperance‚ and women’s rights movements from
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10.4 Elizabeth Cady Stanton- Declaration of Sentiments 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stanton drafted the Declaration of sentiments for women’s rights suffrage at Wesleyan Chapel at Seneca Falls‚ New York‚ on July 19‚ 1848. (Scholastic) It was based on the Declaration of Independence and described the types if discrimination women faced in America. She presented at the first women’s rights convention. Other women like Lucrettia Mott helped play a major role. There was a list of issues that were “resolved”
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