1. { Elizabeth Cady Stanton By Zeenie Sharif and Mary Bond

2. Born on November 12, 1815 in Johnstown, New York Born on November 12, 1815 in Johnstown, New York Daughter of a lawyer Daughter of a lawyer Showed her desire to excel in intellectual and other male-dominated areas at an early age Showed her desire to excel in intellectual and other male-dominated areas at an early age Graduated from Emma Willard’s Troy Female Seminary in 1832 Graduated from Emma Willard’s Troy Female Seminary in 1832 Drawn to women’s rights movements through visits to her cousin Drawn to women’s rights movements through visits to her cousin 1840 – married reformer Henry Stanton 1840 – married reformer Henry Stanton Had seven children Had seven children Biography

3.   Pushed against slavery and for the rights of African-Americans   Taught women how to organize and speak out   Women were regarded as anti-slavery, even in the south   Abolitionism and feminism merged as a result Abolitionism

4.   Wanted more rights/respect for women   Property, income, parental, and employment rights were fought for   Most importantly, feminists wanted suffrage, or the right to vote. Feminism

5.   Placed social stigmas on drinking alcohol   Supported banning alcohol Temperance

6.   President of National Woman’s Loyal League   Gathered signatures for Thirteenth Amendment   Hurt by abolitionists’ refusal to include women in African American males’ right to vote Effects on Abolitionism

7.  Organized with the help of Lucretia Mott in 1848  Initiated the women’s rights movement in the US  Drew up the “Declaration of Sentiments”  Took the lead in proposing that women be granted the right to vote   First women’s rights convention in United States   100-300 people attended   Major publicity for women’s suffrage movement Seneca Falls Convention

8.   Written by Stanton   Modeled after Declaration of Independence   Listed the wrongs “man” had committed against women   Argued that men and women are equal   Pushed for women’s rights and protections   100 people signed Declaration of Rights and Sentiments

9.   Co-founded by Stanton in 1869   Issued “Declaration and Protest of the Women of the United States”   Merged with American Woman Suffrage Association in 1890 , of which Stanton was president  Formed Nation American Woman Association, of which Stanton was president National Woman Suffrage Association

10.   Confronted leaders that taxed women without giving them representation   Pushed for right to sit on juries (denied women a “jury of their peers”) Declaration and Protest of the Women of the United States

11.   Drafted in 1878 by Stanton   Repeatedly voted on in Congress   Passed in 1920, 42 years later Nineteenth Amendment

12.   Believed temperance and feminism were intertwined   Drunken men hurt defenseless women   Wives had no financial or physical protection for alcoholic husbands   Stanton was ejected from Sons of Temperance meeting   Formed Woman’s State Temperance Society in 1852 with Anthony Effects on Temperance

13.   Published “Women’s Bible” in 1895-1898   Claimed Bible favored males and was biased   Believed all organized religion should be abolished Radical beliefs