 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter Harriot. Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12, 1815—October 26, 1902) was a leading figure of the women's rights movement in the United States. With her husband, Henry Stanton, she was also active in the anti-slavery Abolitionist movement. She wrote many of the more important documents and speeches of the movement, and was with Lucretia Mott the primary organizer of the 1848 Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton in her later years. In 1851, Stanton met Susan B. Anthony, with whom she was to remain a close friend and colleague the rest of her life. Together, they founded in 1869 the National Woman's Suffrage Association, an organization dedicated to gaining women the right to vote; Stanton was its first president. They also began the women's rights newsletter Revolution. Starting in 1881, they published the three-volume History of Woman Suffrage, an anthology of writings about the movement in which they were so prominent. She was also a strong critic of religion in general and Christianity in particular. Elizabeth Cady Stanton had a great friendship with Frederick Douglass and Lucretia Mott.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton died in 1902 and was interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York. USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69), a World War II troop transport, was named for her. A quote:
"The prejudice against color, of which we hear so much, is no stronger than that against sex. It is produced by the same cause, and manifested very much in the same way."
Writings
Related Writings
- Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony by Geoffrey C. Ward ISBN 037570969X
- Women Without Superstition : No Gods - No Masters by Annie Laurie Gaylor, Publisher: FFRF; 1st ed edition (January 1, 1997) ISBN 1877733091
- In Her Own Right: The Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Galaxy Books) by Elisabeth Griffith ISBN 0195034406
- The Elizabeth Cady Stanton-Susan B. Anthony Reader: Correspondence, Writings, Speeches by Ellen Carol Dubois ISBN 1555531490
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Radical for Women's Rights by Lois W. Banner ISBN 0673393194
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Right Is Ours by Harriet Sigerman ISBN 019511969X
Video
- Not for Ourselves Alone - The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony DVD (1999); Director: Ken Burns
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