Elizabeth Cady Stanton BirthParents o Date of Birth
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Birth/Parents o Date of Birth – Nov 12, 1815 o Born In Johnstown, NY o Father – Daniel Cady n A Prominent Attorney o Mother – Margaret Livingston Cady n Depressed throughout Elizabeth’s childhood due to losing 5 children
Childhood o Raised by sister Tryphena and Peter Teabout who was a slave • Elizabeth was fond of him and reminisced of him in her memoir Eighty Years and More
Education o Formally educated at Johnstown Academy n Studied Latin, Greek and Mathematics until age 16. n Co-educational classes allowed her to compete with boys n Won many academic awards and honors
College Education o In 1830 she enrolled in the Troy Female Seminary in Troy, NY n This was after she could not get into her college of choice, which was male only o She was strongly influenced by Charles Grandison Finney – an evangelical preacher and central figure in the revivalist movement
Marriage o Married Henry Brewster Stanton in 1840 n He was a journalist, antislavery orator and became an attorney after he married Elizabeth o The marriage lasted until Henry’s death in 1887
Children & Family Life o The Stantons had 7 children o Stanton was a mother who advocated homeopathy, freedom of expression, outdoor activity and an academic education for her children o They raised their family in Seneca Falls, NY
Activism o 1848 - with other women organized the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls o Drafted a “Declaration of Sentiments” which was read at the convention
Activism o Following the Seneca Falls convention she was invited to speak at a second women’s right convention in Rochester, NY n This solidified her role as an activist and reformer
Activism o Along with Susan B. Anthony, Stanton founded the Woman’s State Temperance Society (18521853) o Their focus eventually shifted towards female suffrage and women’s rights o Lobbied against ratification of the 14 th & 15 th Amendments n Wanted women to have the right to vote
Activism o With the help of Matilda Joslyn Gage, Stanton authored the Declaration of Rights of the Women of the United States. o It was presented, uninvited, at the Centennial Celebration in Washington in 1876
Writings o In 1868 began publishing a weekly periodical, Revolution, with Susan B. Anthony and Parker Pillsbury o Stanton contributed to writing the first three volumes of The History Of Woman Suffrage (issued in 1881, completed in 1922 by Ida Harper)
Death o Died at her home in New York City on October 26, 1902 o 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&o ldid=225815080>. Powerpoint by Nichole Handwerk 7/18/08
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