“Resolved, that it is the duty of the women of this country to
secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise.”
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Brittany Glassberg and Caitlin Kornick
Period 7 – 4/7/11
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“Oh, my daughter, I wish you were a boy”
–Daniel Cady
 Born November 12th, 1815, in Johnstown, New York
 Daughter of Margaret Livingston and Daniel Cady, a
lawyer and congressman, and later a judge.
 Family consisted of five daughters and five sons, but
none of the boys survived.
 Graduated from Johnstown Academy and Emma
Willard’s Troy Female Seminary.
 Married Henry Stanton, a lawyer and abolitionist, in
1840.
 Attended the World Anti-Slavery Convention in 1840,
where she met Lucretia Mott.
 Worked with Susan B. Anthony for much of her life,
forming the National Woman’s Suffrage Association.
 Helped to organize the convention at Seneca Falls, NY,
in 1848, which was where she lived.
 Became president of the National
Woman Suffrage Association
 She had a total of seven children.
 She died October 26, 1902.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton with
her daughter, Harriot
Woman Suffrage the right of women by law
to vote in national and local elections.
 The first women’s rights convention was held at Seneca Falls in
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1848, beginning the woman suffrage movement.
Those involved in the movement often worked with abolitionists
up until the civil war. (Stanton and Anthony formed the National
Woman's Loyal League in 1861)
The movement split into the NWSA, led by Stanton and
Anthony, and the AWSA, led by Lucy Stone, in 1869. The two
organizations reunited in 1890 to form the NAWSA.
Carrie Chapman Catt and NAWSA pushed for Women’s suffrage
amendments at the state and federal levels.
Alice Paul and Lucy Burns formed the more radical National
Woman's Party in 1917.
August 26, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified and
added to the U.S. Constitution, giving women the right to vote.
"We are persons; native, free-born citizens;
property-holders, tax-payers, yet we are denied the
exercise of our right to the elective franchise . . .
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–Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Address to the Legislature of New York,
February 14th, 1854.
 She and Lucretia Mott
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organized the Seneca Falls
Convention in 1848, the first
women’s rights convention.
She spoke before the
Legislation of New York
February 14th, 1854, on the
rights of married women.
Became the first woman to run
for Congress in 1866.
Formed the National Woman
Suffrage Association (NWSA)
in 1869 with Susan B. Anthony.
She served as its first
president, until 1890.
Was the coeditor of The
Revolution, a women’s rights
newspaper.
Above (left to right): Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucretia
Mott, the leading figures in the early
women’s rights movement.
“She can own nothing, sell nothing. She has no right even
to the wages she earns; her person, her time, her services
are the property of another…”
- “Address to the Legislature of New
York,” Feb. 14, 1854
“If we consider her as a citizen, as a member of a great nation,
she must have the same rights as all other members, according
to the fundamental principles of our government.”
- “The Solitude of Self,” spoken
before the Judiciary Committee of
the U.S. house of Representatives,
Jan. 17, 1892
“Now is the golden time to work! Before another Constitutional
Convention be called, see to it that the public sentiment of this
state shall demand suffrage for woman!”
- “Appeal and Petition Circulated in
the State of New York,” 1859
 One of Stanton’s greatest strategies in campaigning for women’s rights was
writing.
 She often wrote speeches that were given by Susan B. Anthony.
 Her works include:
 Declaration of Sentiments (1848)
 The Woman’s Bible (c. 1895)
 History of Woman Suffrage (First volume-1881)
 The Solitude of Self (1892)
 Address to the Legislature of New York (1854)
 Many editorials for The Revolution
 Declaration of the Rights of Women
“Resolved, that the speed success of our cause depends upon the zealous and untiring
efforts of both men and women, for the overthrow of the monopoly of the pulpit, and for
the securing to women an equal participation with men in the various trades,
profession, and commerce.” –Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Modeled after the Declaration of Independence
Includes twelve resolutions on the equality of women
Accuses men:
 “He has never permitted her to exercise her to exercise
her inalienable right to the elective franchise”
 Presented on July 19th, 1848, at the Seneca Falls
Convention.
 Had the support of influential people that included
Lucretia Mott and Frederick Douglass.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women
are created equal”
 The convention was held on July
19 and 20, 1848, in Seneca Falls,
New York, the home of Stanton.
 The Seneca Falls Convention
began the Women’s Suffrage
movement:
 Elizabeth Cady Stanton read her
Declaration of Sentiments.
 The ninth resolution demanded
the right for women to vote.
 It was the most controversial
aspect of the convention.
 Began the movement that would
eventually lead to the nineteenth
amendment being passed in
1919.
 After the civil war, with the issue
of suffrage for African American
men being a concern, many
wanted to postpone the woman
suffrage movement.
 The Revolution, with Stanton
becoming the editor in 1968, kept
the women’s rights movement
going.
 Stanton wrote many editorials,
helping to voice the opinions of
NWSA and discuss topics such as
divorce.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Susan B. Anthony
 The National Woman Suffrage
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Association
Founded by Stanton and Anthony in
1869, Stanton was named president.
Split from the American Woman
Suffrage Association over issues such
as suffrage for African American men,
being the more radical of the two.
Made the right for women to vote a
priority, as well as marriage and divorce
rights.
Stanton had the organization work for
an amendment to the Constitution.
Went on to rejoin with AWSA. Stanton
was named president. The resulting
group, NAWSA, continued to fight for
Woman Suffrage until 1920.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
(seated) and Susan B.
Anthony
 The Declaration of Rights and Sentiments and the Seneca
Falls Convention began the Women’s Rights movement
 The NWSA continued to push for women’s rights with the
leadership of Stanton and Anthony. The NAWSA would
eventually help the nineteenth amendment pass.
 Stanton’s writing, including that in The Revolution, helped
to make women’s rights an important issue, even after the
civil war.
 Stanton’s work, and that of many others, ultimately
resulted in women gaining more rights, especially the right
to vote.
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Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, and Lucretia Mott. "'Declaration of Rights and Sentiments'." From: Documents of
American History, Vol. I, ed. Henry Steele Commager, Milton Center, p. 315- 317. . American Women's History
Online. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 10 Apr. 2011. <http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?
ItemID=WE42&iPin=awhm0695&SingleRecord=True>.
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. "Appeal and Petition Circulated in the State of New York." From: Elizabeth Frost and
Kathryn Cullen-DuPont. Women's Suffrage in America: An Eyewitness History. New York, NY: Facts On File,
Inc., 1992. American Women's History Online. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 10 Apr.
2011. <http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?
ItemID=WE42&iPin=AWHD0015&SingleRecord=True>.
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. "The Solitude of Self ." Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives . 17
Jan. 1892 . Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition . Web. 10 Apr. 2011. <
http://school.eb.com/eb/article-9404094>.
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. "Address to the Legislature of New York." From: Library of Congress. Rare Book and
Special Collections Division. National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection. American Women's
History Online. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 10 Apr. 2011. <http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?
ItemID=WE42&iPin=awhm0686&SingleRecord=True>.
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<http://school.eb.com/eb/article-9069429>.
"Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2008." U.S. Census Bureau . N.p., May 2010 . Web. 10
Apr. 2011. <http://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/p20-562.pdf>.
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"Today in History: November 12. Elizabeth Cady Stanton ." American Memory . The Library of Congress , n.d. Web. 10
Apr. 2011. <http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov12.html>.
Portrait Monument to Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Architect of the Capitol , n.d.
Web. 10 Apr. 2011. <http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/rotunda/suffrage.cfm>.
"Elizabeth Cady Stanton ." National Park Service . U.S. Department of the Interior , 15 Sept. 2010 . Web. 10 Apr. 2011.
<http://www.nps.gov/wori/historyculture/elizabeth-cady-stanton.htm>.
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