Analysis Of Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Women's Rights Movement

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a leading figure of the early women’s rights movement. The Birthplace of Women’s Rights and A Powerful Partnership are text about Elizabeth. They both talk about Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but which passage best explains how Elizabeth contributed to the women’s rights movement during the 1800s? In the text of A Powerful Partnership, the author talks about Elizabeth Cady Stanton, not only her but also Susan B. Anthony. Based on the evidence from the passage, the author first talks about how they met, and became friends. Then, the author talks about how Anthony became more interested in women’s rights, because of Stanton. Not only that, but the author wrote about how they both wanted equal rights for women. Then, the author talks about how they worked together by finding equal rights and suffrage associations, organized annual conventions, met with lawmakers, and campaigned in several states. Not only that, but according to the text, “They also published The Revolution, a weekly newspaper that advocated for women’s rights, from 1868 to 1872, and co-edited the first three volumes …show more content…

By saying that in the passage it tells us that Elizabeth did a lot to contribute to the women’s rights movement during the 1800s. While on the other hand, the other passage just talks about the Women’s Rights Convention. The Birthplace of Women’s Rights just talks about how Elizabeth helped organized and how she participated in the convention, that contributed to the women’s right movement. The Birthplace of Women’s Rights develops an understanding about the Women’s Rights Convention. While on the other hand, A Powerful Partnership, develops an understanding about what Elizabeth Cady did to contribute to the women’s rights