Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
Stanton was born in Johnstown, NY in 1815. When one of her brothers had died, she wanted to do what he might have done or accomplished in life. Already at an early age she thought she could accomplish something bigger in life than just bearing children. She married Henry Brewster Stanton, an abolitionist in 1840. They had seven children and raised them in a household full of freedom of expression and academics. In 1848, she read her draft of the Declaration of Sentiment at the Seneca Falls Convention in New York. She began to speak at multiple conventions, solidifying her role as an activist and reformer. She then became partners with Susan B. Anthony and they founded the Woman’s State Temperance Society (1852-1853). Their focus eventually shifted towards female suffrage and women’s rights against ratification of the 14 th & 15 th Amendments. Ultimately, they both wanted the right for women to vote. Stanton also wrote about her beliefs including The History of Women’s Suffrage and The Women’s Bible. She died. at her home in New York City on October 26, 1902 Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, NY