What was the Seneca Falls Convention organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was the first convention called for the sole purpose of discussing women's rights. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the primary author of its Declaration of Sentiments, modeled on the U.S. Declaration of Independence, which listed grievances against the denial of women's rights including the right to vote. An estimated three hundred women and men attended the two-day event in Seneca Falls, New York.
What was Elizabeth Cady Stanton's relationship with Susan B. Anthony?
Stanton and Anthony met in 1851 and formed a partnership that lasted nearly half a century. Stanton described their complementary roles: she was the writer and thinker while Anthony was the organizer, circulating petitions and delivering speeches Stanton wrote. One of Stanton's biographers estimated she spent more time with Anthony over her lifetime than with any other adult, including her husband.
Why did Elizabeth Cady Stanton oppose the Fifteenth Amendment?
Stanton opposed the Fifteenth Amendment because it would enfranchise Black men without granting voting rights to women. She insisted that all women and all African Americans should receive suffrage at the same time, arguing that enfranchising all men while excluding all women would create an "aristocracy of sex." Her opposition led to a bitter split in the women's rights movement in 1869.
What is The Woman's Bible by Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
The Woman's Bible, published in 1895 with a second volume in 1898, was Stanton's examination of the Bible from a woman's point of view. She argued that much of its text reflected prejudice against women from a less civilized age rather than the word of God. It was a best-seller, going through seven printings in six months and translated into several languages, but the NAWSA voted to disavow it at its 1896 convention.
What was the National Woman Suffrage Association founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) was founded in May 1869 by Stanton, Anthony, and others, with Stanton as president, after the American Equal Rights Association split over the Fifteenth Amendment. The NWSA focused on winning suffrage at the national level and initially worked on a wider range of women's issues including divorce reform and equal pay. In 1890 it merged with its rival, the American Woman Suffrage Association, to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
What was the Women's Loyal National League petition drive led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
The Women's Loyal National League, founded in 1863 with Stanton as president and Anthony as secretary, conducted the largest petition drive in U.S. history up to that time, collecting nearly four hundred thousand signatures calling for a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery. The drive significantly assisted the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment. The League was also the first national women's political organization in the United States.