Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Clay Castner, Johanna
Hoehenwarter, Maddie Western
Biography
• Elizabeth Stanton was born on November 12, 1815, in
Johnston New York.
• Born to the daughter of a lawyer who preferred her brother
over her, Stanton showed an early excel in intellectual and
“male” professions back then.
• She graduated from the Emma Willard's Troy Female
Seminary in 1832, and was immediately drawn to women’s
rights.
• Stanton married Henry Stanton in 1840, who supported her
in her trying to gain equal rights for women and men.
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton died on October 26, 1902.
Womens Rights
• During the civil war focused abolition but once the war
was finished she focused on women's suffrage.
• She worked with Susan B. Anthony to create the group
National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA)
• First president of NWSA
• She called for women's voting to be amended by the
congress
• Published “the Woman’s Bible” in which she critiqued
religion that limited women, and brought considerable
protest for the women suffrage movement
Abolitionist
• Most women's rights activist were also abolitionist but
not all abolitionist are women's rights activists
• This movement really started in the 1830’s
• Northern regions were strongly against slavery an
pushed abolition forward
• Southern regions of the united states depended on the
free labor slaves provided.
• Without slaves the southern economy would be in a total
crisis.
• This had been a very heated debate ever since this
country was established
Contributions to Woman’s
Rights
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When she was married in 1840 to Henry Brewster Stanton, she refused to
“obey” him like other women
She was the first women to be chosen as president for the Women’s
National Suffrage Association
She drafted the Seneca Falls Decoration
She coauthored works such as The History of Woman Suffrage and The
Woman’s Bible
She was the author of a book called Eighty Years or More
Gave lectures, mostly to women, on abolition
Women’s parental and custody rights
Property rights
Employment and income rights
Women’s right in divorce
Birth control
Contributions to Slavery
• Supported her abolition husband during the
World Anti-Slavery convention in London
• Her fight for the Anti Suppression of Women
promoted non discrimination of all people,
including slaves, sending a feeling of
acceptance to her followers and instilling antislavery morals.
• Stanton was heavily scrutinized for many of
her beliefs, and could relate to those who
were not valued as slaves.
Citations
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• Schultz, Stanley K. "Feminist Leader." American History 102. Board
Of Regents, 1999. Web. 12 Apr 2010.
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• Nosotro, Rit. "Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Leader for Women’s
Rights." HyperHystory.net. N.p., TUE, 22 DEC 2009. Web. 12 Apr
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