Elizabeth Cady StantonPublic speaker & author
B. 1815 D. 1902 Testimony: In their Own WordsThe general discontent I felt with woman's portion as wife, housekeeper, physician, and spiritual guide, the chaotic conditions into which everything fell without her constant supervision, and the wearied, anxious look of the majority of women, impressed me with a strong feeling that some active measures should be taken to remedy the wrongs of society in general, and of women in particular. I could not see what to do or where to begin—my only thought was a public meeting for protest and discussion. |
Actions
-Attended abolitionist meetings and argued against slavery
-Pushed for the banning of alcohol in the United States.
-Organized Seneca Falls Convention on Women’s Rights
-Primary author of the Declaration of Sentiments (a document listing all that men had done to hold women back and the rights all women should have, primarily the right to vote.)
-Argued not only for voting rights for women but also for property rights, custody rights in the case of divorce, and employment rights – which other reformers did not always support.
-Though she was against slavery she refused to support voting rights for black men until voting rights for white and black women were also included.
-Her fear was that if even more men were allowed to vote then women would never get the votes needed to earn their own rights.
-Wrote a petition for universal voting rights for all no matter race or gender in 1866 – it didn’t do much.
-Once argued that a woman should be able to get a divorce if her husband was a regular drunk.
-Later in life she wrote some of the most influential books, documents, and speeches of the women's rights movement.
-Pushed for the banning of alcohol in the United States.
-Organized Seneca Falls Convention on Women’s Rights
-Primary author of the Declaration of Sentiments (a document listing all that men had done to hold women back and the rights all women should have, primarily the right to vote.)
-Argued not only for voting rights for women but also for property rights, custody rights in the case of divorce, and employment rights – which other reformers did not always support.
-Though she was against slavery she refused to support voting rights for black men until voting rights for white and black women were also included.
-Her fear was that if even more men were allowed to vote then women would never get the votes needed to earn their own rights.
-Wrote a petition for universal voting rights for all no matter race or gender in 1866 – it didn’t do much.
-Once argued that a woman should be able to get a divorce if her husband was a regular drunk.
-Later in life she wrote some of the most influential books, documents, and speeches of the women's rights movement.
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