Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an important element of the Women’s Rights Movement‚ but not many people know of her significance or contributions because she has been overshadowed by her long time associate and friend‚ Susan B. Anthony. However‚ I feel that she was a woman of great importance who was the driving force behind the 1848 Convention‚ played a leadership role in the women’s rights movement for the next fifty years‚ and in the words of Henry Thomas‚ "She was the architect and author of the
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wanted and had to fight for was the right to vote‚ which men already had. We wanted our voices to be heard‚ to have our own opinion on things and we finally won that August 18th‚ 1920 when the 19th amendment was created in the constitution.In 1869‚ Stanton and Anthony formed the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) with their eyes on a federal constitutional amendment that would grant women the right to vote. Wyoming entered the Union as the first state to grant women full voting rights. The
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the war‚ women took fierce movements to achieve their equal rights and to eliminate discrimination against females. This women’s suffrage movement was led by strong and accomplished women such as Susan B. Anthony‚ Carrie Chapman Catt‚ and Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ and these women formed powerful groups that campaigned‚ protested‚ and battled to lead movements towards achieving equality between men and women. Organized groups of women fought to achieve the rights they deserved as United States citizens
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period‚ due to her involvement in events such as the founding of organizations like the Women’s National Loyal League‚ the creation of the Revolution newspaper‚ and her arrest in 1872. The Women’s Loyal National League was formed by Anthony and Elizabeth C. Stanton in 1863. This organization was the first national political organization in the U.S. for women (Harper). By cofounding the Women’s Loyal National League‚ Anthony created a network of approximately 5000 members‚ and promoted women’s political
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This movement’s focus was on giving women the right to vote. It officially started at the Seneca Falls Convention. Three women were at the forefront of the movement at the beginning and those women were: Susan B Anthony‚ Lucretia Mott‚ and Elizabeth Candy Stanton. Several other activists aided these three women in their fight for a women’s right to vote. They lobbied and fought against a society that belittled women in every way. Back in the day‚ in the early years of America‚ women weren’t seen
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along with a good friend and fellow activist Elizabeth Stanton‚ towards the equal treatment of women. Susan B. Anthony co-founded the National Woman Suffrage Association in May of 1869. The group fought mostly for voting rights for
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arranged meetings and gave numerous lectures advocating equal rights of all humans. During the Civil War in 1863‚ Susan founded the Women ’s Loyal League in order to formally fight for the emancipation of the slaves. From 1854 to 1860 Susan and Elizabeth Stanton
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Women had to submit to laws when they had no voice in their formation Married women had no property rights Divorce and child custody laws favored men‚ giving no rights to women. I cannot even fathom living the life Elizabeth Stanton‚ Susan B. Anthony and all of the other women being so incredibly suppressed. However‚ it does make me proud‚ as a woman‚ to know that these women fought the system‚ as much as they could‚ to achieve the freedom women currently have. Knowing
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There was evidence of progress in the role of white middle class women‚ between 1815 and 1860‚ due to the commercial economy and the religious revival brought on by the antebellum market revolution and Second Great Awakening. For these white women‚ the positive affects can be seen in their dominance within their families‚ their influential movements for societal reform‚ and their independence gained form an industrial workplace while the roles of female black slaves were neither improved nor affected
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When either one faltered‚ the other offered encouragement. At first‚ Anthony felt uncomfortable speaking in front of groups‚ but Stanton told her‚ “I have no doubt that a little practice will render you an admirable lecturer.” Likewise‚ when Stanton hinted that at times she was tired and thought of retiring from public view‚ Anthony would show up with a bag‚ “stuffed with acts . . . the statistics of women robbed of their property‚ shut out of some college‚ half paid for their work‚ the reports of
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