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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Women's Rights Movement

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in Johnstown, 12 November 1815. She was the 8th children out of 11 children. Her father Daniel Cady was a judge and also a prominent Federalist Attorney. Her mother Margaret Livingston Cady was descended from Dutch settler. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton) (The oratory of women's suffrage, 2005) Stanton studied in Johnstown Academy, a co-educational school until her age was 16. In Johnstown Academy, Stanton was able to study and compete with boys at her age or even older. Besides study in school, Stanton also spent most of her time wither father. She was able to access her father’s library, read a lot of law and discussed it with her father. From this knowledge, Stanton realized that women did not have same rights with …show more content…

Stanton believed that a public protest of women’s right was the next step to get equality for women’s legal position. By this belief, Stanton tried to make a draft of “Declaration of Right and Sentiments”, which she modeled after the “Declaration of Independence”. In this declaration, Stanton demanded moral, economic and political equality for women. With her friends, Stanton was able to hold the first women’s right convention on 19-20 July 1848 at Stanton house in Seneca Falls, New York. That is why; the convention is called Seneca Falls Convention. The Declaration of Right and Sentiments was presented at the Seneca Falls Convention. (Women's Right) (Elizabeth Cady …show more content…

Through here, Stanton was able to travel and do lecturing for 8 month until 1880 (Elizabeth Cady Stanton). One of her popular lecture was “Our Girl”, talk about education and socialization of girls. It was a way to spread the women’s right movement that Stanton fought before. After she stopped lecturing, Stanton spent most of her time to writing and traveling. She and Anthony continued to write a 3-volime history of women suffrage movement. Volume 0ne and two were worked together and published in 1881 and 1882. While volume 3 was worked alone by Stanton and published in 1886. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton) In the last year of her life, Stanton still continues writing. In 1890, Stanton started to write The Women’s Bible where she argued about the treat for women in the Old Testament. This book was published in 1895 and made Stanton become one of the most radical activist of women’s right and suffrage advocate. Stanton died on October 26th, 1902 because of heart failure. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton) (Women's

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However, when thought of, most people remember her contributions to the women’s rights movement. She, and other feminists such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, began to realize that there were numerous similarities between slaves and women. Both were fighting to get away from the male-dominated culture and beliefs. In 1848, these women began a convention in Seneca Falls, regarding women’s rights(Brinkley 330). They believed that women should be able to vote, basing their argument on the clause “all men and women are created equal”.

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