Elizabeth Cady Stanton

By: Jane Li
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 Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an amazing woman. She was one of the major women

fighting for women’s rights. She was able to accomplish many things in life. Elizabeth is a role

model to many people. She was inspiring, bold, and just.

She was born on November 12th, 1815 in Johnstown, New York. She originally had ten

siblings, but five of them died as a baby or in early childhood. When she was eleven, her brother,

Eleazer, died. Her father was extremely sad. To cheer him up, Elizabeth promised to act like a

son. In reply, her dad said that he wished she was a son. Elizabeth kept her promise by learning

to ride horses and studying what boys studied. Elizabeth was the only girl in her class. Later, she

won a prize for learning Greek. She also read from her father’s law books. Her father only served

men, but she felt that he should serve women too. In 1833, she finished school.

Elizabeth became an abolitionist. Abolitionists said that no person should own another

person. She married Henry Stanton, who was also an abolitionist. They had their wedding in

1840. Henry planned to attend an anti-slavery meeting in London, England. Women at the

meeting were not allowed to speak. At the meeting, Elizabeth met Lucretia Mott from

Philadelphia.

After the meeting, Henry and Elizabeth moved to Seneca Falls, New York. In 1848,

Elizabeth and Lucretia met and planned a convention. The Seneca Falls meeting started on July

19th, 1848. Three hundred women attended.

Stanton helped write the Declaration of Sentiments. It stated that women should be able

to have the same rights as men. One of the most known quotes from the Declaration of

Sentiments is: “We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men and women are created
equal.” Elizabeth thought that voting was the most important right that women should have. She

started a women’s suffrage group held all throughout New York.

Elizabeth met Susan B. Anthony in 1851. She wrote speeches for Susan. Susan B.

Anthony also wanted women’s rights. Stanton wrote for the women’s newspaper, The Lily.

Elizabeth and Susan started a newspaper called The Revolution (1868 - 1870). They also wrote

three books together. The first book was called History of Women Suffrage (1881).

Elizabeth talked at many meetings. She went to many states and talked to both men and

women. People thought she should talk to the Legislature. Stanton did talk to the Legislature in

February of 1854. They praised her speech, but did not give women rights.

In 1892, she spoke to Congress. She talked to them about women’s right to vote.

Congress did not give women that right. Then, Elizabeth wrote to Theodore Roosevelt, the

president at the time, on October 25th, 1902.

Unfortunately, she died the day after she wrote to the President (October 26th, 1902).

Elizabeth died of heart failure. She was eighty-seven years old. On August 28th, 1920, Congress

passed the 19th amendment. Women now had the right to vote. The Elizabeth Cady Stanton

House in Seneca Falls, New York, was declared a National Historical Landmark in 1965.

Elizabeth’s house in Tenafly, New Jersey, was declared a landmark in 1975.

Elizabeth was determined. After failing many times, she still tried to convince the U.S.

government to give women rights. She contributed greatly to giving women rights. She willed

always be remembered.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton with her daughter, Harriot.

This is drawing of Elizabeth Cady Stanton giving a speech.

 Elizabeth Cady Stanton seated with Susan B.
Anthony.

Elizabeth (Left), Susan (Right)

A painting of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.