Martin Luther King Jr. and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were two pivotal figures who fought for what they believed in. Stanton’s speech “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions” and King’s “I Have a Dream” speech shook the grounds at which they spoke on. Both alike, MLK and Elizabeth Stanton were activists who were hard-working, passionate for what they believed in and were never going to give up. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, born in 1815, was known for her dedicated role as a women’s rights activist. At the peak of her career, she teamed up with Susan B. Anthony and formed the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and also eventually brought about the passage of the 19th amendment, giving all American citizens the right to vote. But before all that, Stanton started out as an abolitionist, spending her time focused on abolishing slavery but then later becoming more interested in women’s suffrage. One of her most famous moments was …show more content…
Stanton did most of her work in the 19th century. At this time there was a slow but sure increase in women’s fight for their rights. Along with Stanton, women such as Sarah Moore Grimke, Mary Walker, and Susan B. Anthony put forth their efforts during the same time as well. Contrary to Stanton, King’s prime time was in the 1950’s. During this time he worked endlessly and gave everything could for the civil right movement while Stanton spent most of her life being dedicated to women’s suffrage. Together these two figures touched the lives of the people they fought for. Trying their hardest and giving all they had to correct the injustice that was happening. America is a melting pot for all different kinds of cultures and for their to be discrimination of any kind should not be tolerated. Martin Luther King Jr. and Elizabeth Cady Stanton can be considered heroes, for they dedicated their life to the betterment of a group of people they related so fondly
Have you ever wondered how women helped our country? There was and still are women who changed or change the world today. Like Shirley Muldowney,and Rose Will Monroe, or Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony, maybe Hillary Clinton. Some of these women changed little things and some changed big things, but they all made a difference in their own way.
Stanton’s speech was a key persuasive component of getting women rights; her speech effected the world today because she started the women’s rights movement. Davis stated Stanton, “was the driving force behind the Seneca Falls Convention—the meeting that launched the woman 's rights movement in 1848”; without the woman’s right movement, women wouldn 't be where they are in society (Davis 39). Although Staton didn’t greatly impact her era, Davis believed Stanton created “a much improved future populated by humans who had developed to the point where they could transcend the injustices and inequalities of the nineteenth century” (Davis 217). King was a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement, his impact on the world is unsurpassed; without him, segregation could still exist. According to Echols, King “boldly and clearly announced the charge that the Civil Rights Movement had leveled against the United States” (Echols 2). Since King 's assassination, Echols expressed King’s “words and deeds have passed from history into the domain of myth and legend. His words have gained immortality and are constantly quoted as moral authority for numerous causes” (Echols 9). King’s words are relevant today, society aims to live in the vision King intended. Stanton’s speech impacted the generations to come by kicking off the Women’s Right Movement, comparatively King saw the near end of segregation in his life
Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King Jr. both helped the Civil rights movement through their actions. Anthony was amazing with getting women their right to vote; as was King with being active in helping desegregate African-American communities. A list of quotes found on Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes shows this particular thing MLK Jr. has said… “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”(Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes)....
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an important element of the Women’s Rights Movement, but not many people know of her significance or contributions because she has been overshadowed by her long time associate and friend, Susan B. Anthony. However, I feel that she was a woman of great importance who was the driving force behind the 1848 Convention, played a leadership role in the women’s rights movement for the next fifty years, and in the words of Henry Thomas, “She was the architect and author of the movement’s most important strategies ad documents.”
Between the years 1776 and 1876, many people from different backgrounds and religions joined the fight for women's rights. Among them were some of today's most memorable female activists, such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was also a mother of seven children. She was first influenced by a Quaker woman, named Lucretia Mott, who she met outside of a world antislavery convention in 1840. Eventually, Stanton joined Susan B. Anthony, who was a fearless "militant lecturer for women's rights," in "a more strident, drive for divorce liberation, sexual freedom, and reproductive control for women. Other crusaders for women's rights include Amelia Bloomer, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, and even the second first lady, Abigail Adams. Those who opposed the suffragists believed women to be inferior and "irresponsible" beings who were "physically and emotionally weak, but also artistic and refined." They also had "finely tuned morals" and were the "keepers of society's conscience." On the other hand, men were thought of as "strong but crude" and with a natural tyrannical and savage nature that needed to be "guided by the gentle hands of their loving ladies." Abigail confirms the male's natural desire for arbitrary power in Document B, for she stated, "[...] all Men would be tyrants if they could."
If there had never been born an Elizabeth Cady Stanton, women may have never seen the rights and privileges granted to us in the Nineteenth Amendment. She was the leading fighter and driving force for women's rights; she dedicated her whole life to the struggle for equality. Elizabeth had learned from her father at an early age how to debate and win court cases, and she had also experienced the discriminations against women first hand. These two qualities lead to the most influential and motivating speeches against inequality when she was older. Elizabeth vowed to herself that she would "change how women were viewed in society" (Hildgard 2); and that, she did!
The early women's movement was dominated by an uncompromising attitude of right versus wrong. This attitude came from the involvement of this same segment of society in the abolitionist movement. While intellectually appealing, in "Not Wards of the Nation: The Struggle for Women's Suffrage," William H. Chafe tells us that early women's rights advocates "were generally dismissed as a 'class of wild enthusiasts and visionaries' and received little popular support (Oates 153). One of the founders of this movement was Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s involvement in women’s rights drastically improved and intensified when she met an activist in the Temperance Movement and friend of women’s rights supporters, Susan B. Anthony. With struggles in her personal life, Stanton relied on Anthony for her enthusiasm, mobility, and ability to build a women’s rights movement. They made their first movement in 1852, when they came together to help Anthony’s cause and supervised over the Women’s New York State Temperance Society. Stanton was asked to leave because her views on women’s rights and the topic of divorce.
The origins of Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s undying fervor for women’s rights derived from her early childhood. Stanton was born into a wealthy family, as her mother’s father had been colonel of the Continental Army and her father held an office in the New York State Assembly, and served as a judge on the New York Supreme Court. Despite her wealthy upbringing, her childhood was surrounded by the cult of domesticity and the belief on how women were of less value than men. Following her older brother’s death, she desired to fill in his void by taking up “masculine” hobbies: learning Greek, horseback riding, chess, and attending Johnstown Academy. Unfortunately, her father failed to acknowledge her achievements and acted indifferent toward them. As
...n to women’s suffrage and guaranteeing rights to women, resulting in the 19th amendment to the Constitution and gender equality. Her involvement within the feminism movement contributed to the achievement of women’s equality. Today, in the 21st century, women are given the same political and social representation than that of men, something deemed impossible in Cady Stanton’s time. With Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s ordinary destiny, she transformed her own time and the future for the female party into an extraordinary chance to make a difference and stand for equality. Because of her work, and the work of many others in Women’s History, female suffrage has remained a norm of the past and society has pushed forward into new levels of acceptance. Finally, women withhold the place in society today with confidence that gender equality will continue and opportunity embrace.
...el 125). Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X are both remembered as strong leaders who shared an equal dream that one day their people would be free from racism and oppression. They believed in this dream so strongly they sacrificed their lives for it.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s speech was very impactful thanks to her well thought-out address, emotionally impactful statements, and rhetorical devices. By using emotional, logical, and ethical appeals, she was able to persuade many, and show a first hand look at someone personally crippled by the lack of women’s rights in her time. Through her experience, she was able to give an exceptional speech conveying the deprivation of women in her time, changing society, and helping women reach equality in America.
Anthony but there were many other who help women throughout history. Early women’s right activist, such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, were weaken, and shot down when “the new amendment cast white women ‘under the heel of the lowest orders of manhood’” (Mink and Smith 2) because women weren’t important during the Civil War. But what started it all was the “Declaration of Sentiments” which, Stanton created, stated that “‘all men and women [had been] created equal’” (Feminism 2) which the Constitution said the People were. Even though this really didn’t help women, this was the stepping stone of women 's right movement which later accomplished many rights such as the right to vote in 1920, the trail case of Roe v. Wade which gave women right to privacy of the body in the mid-1970s, and a lot more recent events since the 1980s. There were many who played a major role in setting these stones down beside Stanton and Anthony, these women were Susan Moller Okin (who fought for self support), Alison Jagger and Iris Marion Young (who fought for economic support) and Catharine MacKinnon and Andrea Dworkin (who wanted to change the way men saw women). Not only did these women wanted to change right now but for future generations that wouldn’t suffer what women had to go through to get this rights that women
Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy were two very commendable men. They were two very different men that I feel had the same incredible amount passion for human beings. Both Dr. King and President Kennedy had such high hopes for this country and regardless of the sad and devastating time era, they both spoke with much poise and compassion. I truly believe they are exactly what this country needed and still needs to this very day.
Martin Luther King Jr. was the most influential leader of the American Civil Rights Movement as he fought for the freedom of African Americans. King’s most influential speech is his “I Have a Dream” given on August 28, 1963.1 King himself was a man whom thousands of people admired. Martin Luther King Jr. uses an expressive tone in his speeches by using verbal powerful imagery toward his audience, reminding them of the challenges facing them and defeating racism. Martin Luther King Jr. inspired others to take action, lead by example, as shown in his speeches and promoted non-violence as a method for change.