Essays Tagged: "Elizabeth Cady Stanton"

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

about men and women, and dedicated my life to the pursuit of equal rights for all women. My name is Elizabeth Cady Stanton. I was born in Johnstown, New York, on the 12th of November, 1815. My ... ion American women the right to vote, became the law of the land on August 18, 1920. Unfortunately, Elizabeth Cady Stanton did not live long enough to vote freely. Elizabeth Cady Stanton's writ ...

(7 pages) 202 0 4.5 Mar/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Women's Right to Vote

This convention attracted lots of attention from thepress, mostly negative. One of the organizers, Elizabeth cady Stanton, welcomed even thenegative attention. She said "It might start women thinking ...

(3 pages) 211 0 3.2 Sep/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Elizabehth Cady Stanton - discuss her contribution to the women's movement and the difficulties she encountered.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, and Susan B. Anthony were all leaders of the early women's right ... ne of these women and discuss her contribution to the movement and the difficulties she encountered.Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born November 12, 1815, in Johnstown, New York. She was the fourth of six ... marry Henry B. Stanton, a prominent abolitionist. Together they would have seven children. Although Elizabeth never went to college she was very learned in Greek and mathematics. During her life, Eliz ...

(2 pages) 109 0 4.8 Oct/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

The Bible and the church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of woman's emancipation.

e greatest stumbling blocks in the way of woman's emancipation.A famous 19th century feminist named Elizabeth Cady Stanton voiced this about her struggle for women's freedom.Women, considered a lower ... 848, women made a retaliation to these sentiments. At the Seneca Falls convention, women (including Elizabeth CadyStanton) signed a Declaration of Sentiments. In the declaration it states:He allows he ...

(3 pages) 72 0 3.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Title:Women Suffrage Background Brief Description: Background information on how women recieved the right to vote.

osed in the United States in July, 1848, at the Seneca Falls Woman's Rights Convention organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Susan B. Anthony. One woman who attended that convention ...

(1 pages) 99 1 3.4 May/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

How did the Nineteenth Amendment come to be part of our Constitution and why was it significant? A history of the female right's movement and the importance of the 19th amendment

re the first women's rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, NY. Under the guidance of feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, they produced the Declaration of Sentiments, which protested the political, ...

(6 pages) 156 1 4.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Are Men and Women equal according to Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

ntemplated for many years. The answer may never be found, but it's a lot closer than it used to be. Elizabeth Cady Stanton writes in "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolution":We hold these truths to ...

(2 pages) 103 1 4.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Impact that Emily Staton had on the Women's Sufferage movement (with bibliography)

oth for the rights of African Americans and for the rights of women. One of these great leaders was Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Stanton dedicated her entire life to the women's movement; despite the oppos ... laim that the rhetoric in these speeches was an effective tool in advancing the movement as a whole.Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born November 12, 1815, in Johnstown, New York. She was born unto a conse ...

(13 pages) 152 1 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

This essay is about the women's rights movement starting in 1948 all the way up to 1920. It gives an overview of the groups and people involved, and some major milestones they accomplished.

s success to the brilliant techniques used by Women's rights activists such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, people who single-handedly brought the issue of Women's Rights from the kitc ...

(2 pages) 65 0 3.5 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Womens rights in the US throughout history.

unequal status in Society. Especially their lack of suffrage or theright to vote.In 1848 two women, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, launched the first womansuffrage movement in the United St ... had given speeches on temperance, abolition, and also women's rights. In 1851Susan had met up with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and organized the NWSA in 1869. In 1872, alongwhit her three sisters, Susan h ...

(1 pages) 84 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

In what ways did the early nineteenth-century reform movements for abolition and women's rights illustrate both the strengths and the weaknesses of democracy in the early American republic?

red strength in numbers and succeeded in establishing permanent social changes.Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton began to work together on women's rights and one of the first issues they wor ...

(2 pages) 66 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Women's Suffrage Movement throughout the history of the United States

ement. That summer day a group of ladies met to have some tea in upstate New York. Among them stood Elizabeth Cady Stanton a great feminist of her time. And indeed when the conversation leaned towards ... the start of the Civil War, many were drawn to the organization. The movement's leaders, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Sojourner Truth, would travel and lecture ...

(3 pages) 98 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

19th Century Literature

y.An important speech given during the 19th century, which discusses the topic of women's right, is Elizabeth Cady Stanton's speech at the First Convention to Women's Rights. Stanton's speech was dire ...

(2 pages) 35 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Women's voting rights and the 19th Amendment.

began in 1848, with a convention in New York. The Seneca Falls convention was called by two women, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Stanton was later president of two prominent suffrage orga ...

(1 pages) 69 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Women's Rights and Abolitionism and how did the abolitionist movement aid women's rights advocates in their fight for suffrage?

Women's Rights and AbolitionismElizabeth Cady Stanton, a long-time advocate of women's rights, in a speech to the American Anti-Sla ...

(4 pages) 212 1 4.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Womens Civil rights movement- research paper

Rights Movement began July 13, 1848. On that day in upstate New York, a young housewife and mother, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was invited to tea with four women friends. When the course of their convers ... The gathering would take place at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls on July 19 and 20, 1848. ( ). Elizabeth Cady Stanton used the Declaration of Independence as the framework for what she titled the ...

(10 pages) 386 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Victorian Society

y 1970's that the whole outlook on women changed. If it wasn't for women such as: Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Harriet Tubman women would be living in a world revolving only around men ...

(9 pages) 102 0 3.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

"Reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals." Assess the validity of the statement with specific reference to the years 1825-1850."

ctivists sought to expand the democratic ideals in which the country was founded. Activists such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton as well as many other women pushed for the right to vote, stating that both m ... intensify democratic ideals the most directly then any other event of this time. Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton both played important roles in the convention. They produced a "Declaration o ...

(4 pages) 161 1 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Feminism in the US

held in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. It was there, three years later, that Susan B. Anthony met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who had organized the 1848 convention. Together they led the women's rights ...

(7 pages) 294 1 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

A Biography about Susan B. Anthony

see some of the struggles that Susan fought against. You will learn about the meeting of Susan and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. You will see how these two great women helped to fight for woman's rights. E ... away, with the woman's suffrage movement. It was through Amelia Bloomer that Susan B. Anthony meets Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Stanton was a major activist for woman's suffrage. Anthony was invited to st ...

(7 pages) 92 1 3.3 May/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays