Elizabeth Cady Stanton





Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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born
in Johnstown, New York, The United States
November 12, 1815

died
October 26, 1902

gender
female

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American social activist and leading figure of the early woman's movement. Her Declaration of Sentiments, presented at the first women's rights convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, is often credited with initiating the first organized woman's rights and woman's suffrage movements in the United States.

Before Stanton narrowed her political focus almost exclusively to women's rights, she was an active abolitionist together with her husband, Henry Brewster Stanton and cousin, Gerrit Smith. Unlike many of those involved in the women's rights movement, Stanton addressed a number of issues pertaining to women beyond voting rights. Her concerns included women's parental and custody rights, property right...more


Average rating: 3.97 · 293 ratings · 36 reviews · 18 distinct works · Similar authors
The Woman's Bible: A Classi...
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Solitude of Self
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Eighty Years and More: Remi...
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Declaration of Sentiments
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The Elizabeth Cady Stanton ...
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History Of Woman Suffrage
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Address in Favor of Univers...
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Address of Mrs. Elizabeth C...
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History of Woman Suffrage (...
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The Woman's Bible
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More books by Elizabeth Cady Stanton…
“The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“Woman's degradation is in mans idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man.”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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