The Superwoman of Liberty
How Elizabeth Cady Stanton Supported Equality for All
Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
- A prominent abolitionist
- An important figure in the women's rights movement
- A historian and writer
How did she influence American history?
Elizabeth went to antislavery and women's rights conventions around the world, such as the World Anti-Slavery Convention, and was in both abolitionist and women's rights organizations, like the American Antislavery Society, the American Equal Rights Association, and the National Women Suffrage Association. She wrote A History On Women's Suffrage, which truly showed to readers how women felt like in their inequality, and her autobiography, Eighty Years and More. And, she published The Woman's Bible to show how religion and women's rights were connected. She was one of the starters of the women's rights movement.
Elizabeth WOrked with other influencial women.
Lucy Stone
- A powerful speaker for abolition
- Edited the Women's Journal
- Pledged with her husband to have absolute equal rights in marriage
Susan B. Anthony
- Made a petition that requested that married women be allowed to control their property, which was accepted
- Campaigned for women's rights, prohibition, and abolition
- Formed the Women's Loyal League in the Civil War and strongly supported the Union
Lucretia Mott
- Came to World Antislavery Convention with Elizabeth
- Helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 for women's rights
- Quaker minister and teacher
Elizabeth Was loyal to william lloyd garrison.
He founded both the American Antislavery Society, which Elizabeth was part of, and the New England Antislavery Society. He supported women's rights and argued for them, along with abolition, in his famous newspaper the Liberator.
Why did such women become abolitionists?
- Sympathized with enslaved women separated from their families
- Wanted equality for all, and womens' and blacks' rights are related
The Seneca Falls Convention
This is a drawing of the first women's rights convention, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her colleagues.
THe Declaration of Sentiments
Here is a reproduction of the Declaration of Sentiments, which was based on and used some modified sentences of the Declaration of Independence.
The Women's Loyal League
Pictured is the Women's Loyal League, which had a goal of abolishing slavery in the midst of the Civil War.
Facts:
- Organized the first woman's rights convention in 1848 in Seneca Falls with Lucretia Mott
- Married abolitionist Henry Stanton; had 7 children
- Started the Women's Loyal League with Susan B. Anthony
- Wrote the Declaration of Sentiments, in 1848, to improve women's rights in a variety of subjects