Elizabeth Cady Argument Analysis

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It all began as early as July 13, 1848, as Elizabeth Cady Stanton was invited to have tea with friends. The four women started to conversate about the situation of women, pouring out their heartfelt feelings about the limitations a woman has within America's democracy. These four women are one of the hundreds of women who wanted a change, a change for a woman to have the same rights as a man in America. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her female acquaintances partook in a convention at Wesleyan Chapel, discussing "the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman."
These women stood by their beliefs, wanting to improve the new republic, seeing it as a way to help better the lives of all citizens. Stanton's writing "Declaration of …show more content…

Their first convention went as planned, over the next two days, the women received numerous endorsements from men and women. Though with all the support the women had earned, many Americans couldn't get past the idea of a woman having the right to vote in elections.
With all good intentions, comes hatred. The backlash began seemingly as soon as the women mentioned voting rights. The media shamelessly discredited the Declaration of Sentiments, embarrassing and attacking every person who signed the Declaration. Most women stood strong. What was not anticipated was the positive impact the criticism had on people of highly populated cities and small towns alike, alerting men and women about the rights a woman should have.
These women ignited something powerful, Women's Rights Conventions were regularly taking place from 1850 until the start of the Civil War. Drawing crowds of hundreds to thousands of like-minded Americans who wanted change.
Seventy-two years later, women were granted the right to vote. A majority of the women who lobbied for woman suffrage did not march any further. Alice Paul, yet, acknowledge that women's rights would be an ongoing

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