Meet Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth was born on
November 12, 1815 in
Johnstown, New York.
Elizabeth’s Mother
Margaret Cady
Judge Daniel Cady
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“
Oh my
daughter, I
wish you
were a
boy!”
Elizabeth’s father
The Reverend Simon Hosack
taught Elizabeth Greek.
Elizabeth was the only girl in advanced
language and math classes at The
Johnstown Academy.
Elizabeth and her friends often
visited the jail and courthouse.
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“With constant visits
to the jail,
courthouse, and my
father’s office, I
gleaned some idea of
the danger of
violating the law.”
Elizabeth wanted to cut the laws
that were unfair out of law
books.
Judge Cady explained
that if Elizabeth wanted
to change a law, she
would have to go to
the New York State
Legislature.
Elizabeth met Lucretia Mott on her
honeymoon with Henry at the
World’s Anti-slavery Convention.
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Elizabeth was in
Seneca Falls, New
York when she and
her friends decided to
have a convention
about the rights that
women needed.
The M’Clintock House
where the women met.
On July 19, 1848 Elizabeth read
the Declaration of Sentiments at
the First Woman’s Rights
Convention.
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Frederick Douglass
was one of the few
people to agree with
Elizabeth that women
should have the right
to vote.
The Revolution begins
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Susan B. Anthony
Women got the right to vote
nationally in 1920.
Alice Paul celebrates winning the right to vote with supporters.
You can make the world
a better place!
Elizabeth with daughter, Harriot, and granddaugher,
Nora. Nora had a daughter, Rhoda , who would
have a daughter, Coline Jenkins, who narrated this story.