Stanton helped establish the world’s first women’s rights convention in 1848 and formed the National Women’s Loyal League with Susan B. Anthony in 1863. “The bible teaches that women brought sin and death into the world. I don’t believe that any man ever talked with god. The bible was written by man out of his love of domination” ("TOP 25 QUOTES BY ELIZABETH CADY STANTON (of 209)". “ It would be ridiculous to talk of male and female atmospheres‚ male and female springs or rains‚ male and female
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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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Hello my name is Elizabeth‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Being the eighth of eleven children‚ I was born on November 12‚ 1815 in Johnstown‚ New York. On May 1‚ 1840 I got the chance to marry the love of my life‚ Henry Brewster Stanton. Whom I had seven beautiful children with; Harriot Stanton Blatch‚ Theodore Stanton‚ Daniel Cady Stanton‚ Gerrit Smith Stanton‚ Henry Brewster Stanton Jr‚ Robert Livingston Stanton‚ and Margaret Livingston Stanton Lawrence. I am mostly known for being an American suffragist
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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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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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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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In the book Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Radical for Women’s Rights‚ the author Lois W. Banner wrote about the life of Stanton and the psychological problems that she had. Stanton is best known for her work in equal rights for women and achieving women’s suffrage. The book covers her entire life‚ from birth‚ to childhood‚ to middle and late life‚ then death. The reader of the biography felt as if he were being tortured not physically‚ but mentally because of the long and boring book. It took the reader
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton HIS 132-IC1: Rogowski Darin Aldridge May 6‚ 2011 Throughout history‚ struggles have defined groups of people and focused their resolve to alter the course of human history. For women‚ the early trials seemed insurmountable‚ but with the birth of a single female‚ woman acquired an advocate and spokesperson who would forge a new and fiery path for the women’s rights movement. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a remarkable woman who from an early age recognized
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice. The best protection any woman can have... is courage.” - Elizabeth Cady Stanton Introduction The Women’s Rights Movement began in 1848‚ and lasted for about seventy years. The years leading up to the movement were very difficult for women. Women were considered weaker than men‚ therefore they were not treated equally. Women at this time were made totally dependant
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“Women’s struggle for equality was and is a long and hard battle.” Elizabeth Cady Stanton made her life goal to get women those same rights as men and that she did. Owing to the fact that because she spoke up for women in the U.S and many others like her‚ they were responsible for women having the right to inherit land and the simplest right of freedom. These are the things that she‚ unfortunately‚ did not grow up to have but things she advocated for us today to enjoy and cherish even when we don’t
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