Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a very well known American leader in the early years of the women’s rights movement. She was born on November 12, 1815. She first began her efforts in abolishing slavery, and then decided to work on establishing women’s rights, focusing on the right to vote. In 1848, Stanton worked alongside Lucretia Mott and other women to hold the Seneca Falls Convention, where they created the Declaration of Sentiments which worked toward women obtaining the right to vote. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 2012). Stanton also worked with Susan B. Anthony to write the first three volumes of the “History of Woman Suffrage” which focused on the American women suffrage movement. Elizabeth Stanton died in 1902. She was known for speaking out on many different issues. She is known for writing in the Declaration of Sentiments, “ We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal” (The Fight for Women’s Suffrage, 2012).
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Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was born February 15, 1820. She was convinced that in order for women to influence public affairs, they needed to be able to vote. She attended her first women’s rights convention in 1852 after meeting Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Susan B. Anthony House, 2009). Anthony dedicated her life to the women’s suffrage by traveling and lecturing across the United States pushing for the right to vote. She is known for holding the position of president in the National American Women’s Suffrage Association. Her persistence resulted in the passing of the Nineteenth amendment, sometimes known as the Anthony amendment, giving women the right to vote in 1920(Susan B. Anthony House, 2009).
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