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Elisabeth Cady Stanton
Known as the mother of the women’s rights movement, Elisabeth Cady was born on November 12, 1815 in New York to a well to do family. As a young woman, she strove to prove to her father that she was as good as her dead brother. She attended Troy Female Seminary, becoming well educated, and studied law in her father’s offices, learning about the lack of rights women had. In 1840, she married abolitionist Henry Brewer Stanton, but in the wedding ceremony, refused to promise to obey him. She and her husband participated in the anti slavery movement, and Elisabeth began to think about women’s rights as well. She noticed many injustices, and joined forces with Lucretia Mott. In 1848, they organized the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York. Around 300 women showed up, and even some men attended. There Elisabeth wrote the Declaration of Sentiments. In 1851, Elisabeth began working with Susan B. Anthony. She did not focus only on women’s suffrage, but also on divorce rights, education equality, and other issues relevant to women. When her 7 children were old enough, she began traveling the country writing and giving marvelous speeches. She became a popular speaker and strong influence and continued preaching women’s equality well into her 80s. She never lived to see women’s suffrage granted. She died in 1902 at the age of 87.
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