Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the nineteenth century's most prominent part of women's legal and social equality. She wrote the "Declaration of Sentiments" as a movement for female equality. Elizabeth along with Lucretia Mott and other women, held the Seneca Falls Convention in July 1848. At this convention, they wrote the "Declaration of Sentiments" that proposed that women had the right to vote. Even though her words might sound racist, Stanton firmly believed in a universal franchise that empowered blacks and whites, men and women.
Elizabeth's main goal during the Civil War was to abolish slavery. She worked with Susan B. Anthony in 1868 on a weekly paper called the Revolution. Later these two women formed the National Women's Suffrage Association in 1869. Elizabeth was the association's first president until 1890. Around this time Stanton and Anthony's group joined with another suffrage group called the National American Women Suffrage Association. Stanton served as president of this new association for two years.
Stanton did not just want to abolish slavery and give women the right to vote, she also spoke on topics like maternity, the woman's crusade against liquor, child rearing, divorce law, and also constitutional questions and presidential campaigns. As she got older she produced one of her greatest legacies, three volumes of the History of Woman Suffrage in 1881-1885 with the help of Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage. She also wrote The Women's Bible and her autobiography. She died about twenty years later in 1902.
Emma Willard: Your views on women's equality in society are encouraging and inspiring to me and other women. Its such a great relief to know other people support the same ideas I do. I support women's equality in schools and I am glad others are pushing the movement as well. Keep up the great work!
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ReplyDeleteWilliam Lloyd Garrison also advocated for equality and basic rights for a group of people, and also had his own newspaper dedicated to spreading awareness about it.
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Sojourner Truth
ReplyDeleteTruth and Stanton were both involved in of the National American Suffrage Association. They both had similar views on empowering blacks in society and giving them rights. Stanton wanted to abolish slavery and give women rights, as did Truth.
Lauren Brown & Raychel Bahnick
I do realize that women are gradually making a difference in today's society and working towards equal treatment for both sexes. However, I feel women have an important place in the home. Women should be educated but in a different way than men. Women are supposed to learn how to be a lady and take care of the family at home. Thank you for your time.
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Emily Marshall & Micah Swift
Lucretia Mott
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your efforts in the women's rights movement. Together we founded the Seneca Falls Convention. Through our efforts we created the Declaration of Sentiments. Two things I do not agree with is your idea of keeping slavery in the United States and your idea of women not having the right to vote. I am a big supporter of women gaining the right to vote.
Mikala Riney & Lydia Mills
(Benevolent Society)
ReplyDeleteWe appreciate all your help speaking about things like the woman's crusade against liquor, child rearing, and divorce law.
Horace Mann
ReplyDeleteI see that you have gone to great lengths to gain rights for the women. But i disagree with what you are doing. Women were put on this earth be a servant to the white man and carry and take care of children. I agree with your view on slavery. Every man was created equal, and those african american slaves deserve to be free
John Augenstein and Madeline Reid
Charles Grandison Finney
ReplyDeleteSeeing others believe in your stance on education reform is truly inspiring. I too believe women need more of a say in social reformation. i fully back your actions.
Nolan Mullican