Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Nichole Handwerk 7/18/08

Birth/Parents

Date of Birth – Nov 12, 1815 Born In Johnstown, NY Father – Daniel Cady

A Prominent Attorney Mother – Margaret Livingston Cady

Depressed throughout Elizabeth’s childhood due to losing 5 children

Childhood Raised by sister

Tryphena and Peter Teabout

Teabout was a slave Elizabeth was fond

of him and reminisced of him in her memoir Eighty Years and More

Education

Formally educated at Johnstown Academy Studied Latin, Greek and Mathematics

until age 16. Co-educational classes allowed her to

compete with boys Won many academic awards and honors

Intellectual Development

In her memoir, Stanton strongly credits Rev. Simon Hosack for helping to foster her academic abilities

He firmly believed in her abilities and helped teach Stanton Greek

College Education In 1830 she enrolled in

the Troy Female Seminary in Troy, NY This was after she

could not get into her college of choice, because it became male only

She was strongly influenced by Charles Grandison Finney – an evangelical preacher and central figure in the revivalist movement

Marriage Married Henry

Brewster Stanton in 1840 He was a journalist,

antislavery orator and became an attorney after he married Elizabeth

The marriage lasted until Henry’s death in 1887

Children & Family Life The Stantons had 7 children

Daniel Cady Stanton, Henry Brewster Stanton, Jr., Gerrit Smith Stanton, Theodore Weld Stanton, Margaret Livingston Stanton, Harriot Eaton Stanton, Robert Livingston Stanton

Stanton was a mother who advocated homeopathy, freedom of expression, outdoor activity and an academic education for her children

They raised their family in Seneca Falls, NY

Activism 1848 - with other

women organized the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls

Drafted a Declaration of Sentiments which was read at the convention

Activism Following the

Seneca Falls convention she was invited to speak at a second women’s right convention in Rochester, NY This solidified her

role as an activist and reformer

Activism Along with Susan B.

Anthony, Stanton founded the Woman’s State Temperance Society (1852-1853)

Their focus eventually shifted towards female suffrage and women’s rights

Lobbied against ratification of the 14th & 15th Amendments Wanted women to

have the right to vote

Activism With the help of

Matilda Joslyn Gage, Stanton authored the Declaration of Rights of the Women of the United States.

It was presented, uninvited, at the Centennial Celebration in Washington in 1876

Writings In 1868 began

publishing a weekly periodical, Revolution, with Susan B. Anthony and Parker Pillsbury

Stanton contributed to writing the first three volumes of The History Of Woman Suffrage (issued in 1881, completed in 1922 by Ida Harper)

Writings The Women’s Bible (1895/1898)

Explored the view that Christianity demoted women to an unacceptable position in society

Eighty Years & More: Reminiscences 1815-1897 (1898) Stantons autobiography

The Solitude of Self First delivered as a speech at the 1892

convention of the National Women’s Suffrage Association in Washington, D.C.

Death Died at her home

in New York City on October 26, 1902

Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, NY

Works Cited“About Elizabeth Cady Stanton.” Womens History –

Comprehensive Women’s Research Guide. 2008. 16 Jul 2008

“Elizabeth Cady Stanton.” National Park Service. 16 Jul 2008"Elizabeth Cady Stanton." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.

15 Jul 2008, 15:11 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 16 Jul 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton&oldid=225815080>.

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