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History Of The Women's Rights Movement: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Throughout history, many things have taken place. We would not be where we are without what we have gone through. One thing that has really changed is women’s equality. No I will not talk specifically about the three women that are noticed for what has changed in women’s equality. Three women were the key the the women’s right movement: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Alice Paul but Elizabeth Cady Stanton was more productive.
First I will talk about Elizabeth Cady Stanton, she was: an American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement. Stanton was born on November 12 1815, she died on October 26 1902. Ms. Stanton got married to Mr. Stanton (against her father’s wishes) Mr. Stanton supported mrs. Stanton in her movement. During those years (of Stanton’s life) she was in the movement for …show more content…

Stanton helped organize the world’s first women’s right convention in 1848 at the age of thirty three. The event was held in Seneca Falls, New York. This was one of the first things she has done for the movement and helped turned everything into the way things are right now. As you continue on with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, she became friends with Susan B. Anthony in 1847, they were good friends and partners during this movement. Over ten years later, Stanton and Anthony formed the National Women’s loyal League in 1863. Stanton was the President of this league- it was created to abolish slavery. The League dissolved one year later this was because, it was clear that the amendment would be put into place to ban slavery. Stanton was an outspoken women at the time, but after the civil war and her attempt to abolish slavery she became even more outspoken-

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