Essay on Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Women's rights have always been a thing for my generation. I wonder what it was like before that happened. The same goes for racism and slavery. in this essay I will describe two very important people in history. They helped the world come into realization that women and african americans are people and should be treated like one.
Susan B. Anthony was born in 1820 on a farmhouse in adams massachusetts and went to a private school that her father had founded. In 1826, the anthony family moved to Battenville N.Y., and Susan began teaching Canajoharie Academy in 1846.
In 1851 Susan B. Anthony went to an anti-slavery convention and in that same year she attended her first women's rights convention,
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which is where she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton. In 1856 Susan became an agent for the Anti-slavery Society. After that is when her life as a slavery abolitionist and women's rights activist began. Susan died in 1806, and was never married. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in Jamestown, N.Y.
in 1815. In 1830 Elizabeth graduated from Jamestown Academy, and in 1833 she graduates from Troy Female Seminary. Elizabeth married abolitionist Henry Stanton in 1840, and had one son named Henry B. Stanton. In 1847, the Stantons moved from Boston to Seneca Falls. That is where she meets Susan B. Anthony, and her career as a slavery abolitionist and women's rights activist began.
Susan B. anthony wasn’t as big as Martin Luther King Jr. or Abraham Lincoln but she nothing short of inspiring. One of her greatest speeches was Women's Rights to Suffrage in 1873. She was an agent for the Anti-Slavery Society and collected petitions when she was only 17. She was also president of the Congressional Union for Women’s Suffrage Organization (CUWO). She also helped with Fredrick Douglas and his situation.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was exceptionally good friends with Susan B. Anthony. One of her greatest speeches was The Seneca Falls Keynote Address. She was the president of the National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA). She not only did speeches about women’s suffrage but also talked about divorce, property rights, and other topics. She was also an american social
activist. The most memorable part of the book, in the book, is when it was describing Susan's mother, Lucy, and how she acted before she got married. Since Susan's parents were of different religions and women didn’t have any rights, Lucy had to give up her whole religion to marry Daniel. “As a Baptist, Lucy, a tall girl with glossy brown hair and blue eyes, was allowed to express her love of singing, dancing, wearing pretty clothes, and going to parties. She gave all that up to marry Daniel, but not before she danced until four in the morning a few days before the wedding while Daniel sat on the sidelines watching his bride-to-be have her last fling.” (Colman 13,14) In conclusion, I would rate the book ,Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Friendship that Changed the World, three and a half stars. If I ever need information on women’s rights I now know where to look. I still wonder what it would have been like to live back in those days with all that went on. Still I am more than glad to live in the time period that I am now. A time period where we treat people like people no matter what gender or race they are.
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were some of the most powerful women in the U.S. in the 1800s. These two women had many things in common. They were both abolitionist, speakers, and authors. Susan herself was the NAWSA’s first president, and Elizabeth’s life efforts helped her bring up the 19th Amendment. I stated that everybody had the right to vote. Both, of these women had or were apart of a company were Susan managed and Elizabeth wrote. They were a powerful team they actually printed an illegal paper called the “Revolution”. They actually met each other for the first time in 1851.
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
Susan B. Anthony is the most well known name in women's rights from the 1800s. Most people who are not familiar with the history of this time are aware of Susan's reputation and nearly everyone of my generation has seen and held a Susan B. Anthony silver dollar. For these reasons I was greatly surprised to learn that Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the original women's rights movement spokeswoman and Susan B. Anthony her protégé.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s speeches and influences throughout her years have helped others. She wanted the government to stop using male pronouns unless they were specifically talking about a man. Elizabeth Cady Stanton also wanted women to be as equal as men. Elizabeth influenced political ideas to give women rights, and would give speeches which would influence others.
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.
Susan Brownell Anthony, being an abolitionist, educational reformer, labor activist, and organizer for woman suffrage, used her intellectual and confident mind to fight for parity. Anthony fought for women through campaigning for women’s rights as well as a suffragist for many around the nation. She had focused her attention on the need for women to reform law in their own interests, both to improve their conditions and to challenge the "maleness" of current law. Susan B. Anthony helped the abolitionists and fought for women’s rights to change the United States with her Quaker values and strong beliefs in equality.
Susan B. Anthony was born on a farm in Adams, Massachusetts, on February 15, 1820 (Sochen). Daniel Anthony was her dad. He was a cotton-mill owner. When Susan was old enough she would go work for him after school. Lucy Anthony was her mom (American Eras). The Anthony family were Quakers. Quakers are people that believe
Anthony attended a women’s rights convention before she started campaigning for women’s rights (“Susan” Encyclopedia par. 2). Also before she started campaigning, Anthony worked at Canajoharie Academy in 1846. She taught there for two years. While she was there, Anthony campaigned that all colleges should open their doors to everybody, regardless of race or sex. Because of Anthony, women started attending
After teaching for 15 year, she became active in temperance. However, because she was a women she was not allowed to speak at rallies. Soon after meeting Elizabeth Cady Stanton she became very active in the women’s right movement in 1852 and dedicated her life to woman suffrage.
...re and an American hero she devoted her life to working towards equal rights for all women. Through writing, speaking, and campaigning, Anthony and her supporters brought about change in the United States government and gave women the important voice that they had always been denied. Any study of feminism or women’s history would be incomplete without learning about her. She fought for her beliefs for 50 years and led the way for women to be granted rights as citizens of their country, Thanks to Anthony’s persistence, several years after her death, in 1920 women were given the right by the Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution. I do believe she was the key figure in women getting the right to vote. “She will forever stand alone and unapproached, her fame continually increasing as evolution lifts humanity into higher appreciation of justice and liberty.”
Nonetheless, this reform of women did not halt to the rejection, nor did they act in fear. The CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION states: “One of the main leaders of the women’s suffrage movement was Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906). Brought up in a Quaker family, she was raised to be independent and think for herself. She joined the abolitionist movement to end slavery. Through her abolitionist efforts, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1851. Anthony had not attended the Seneca Falls Convention, but she quickly joined with Stanton to lead the fight for women’s suffrage in the United
Susan B. Anthony who was a Quaker, was therefore opposed to the immorality slavery but also played a role in the movement calling for equality and rights of women. Anthony was inspired by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was also active in both movements, but very famous for her aggressive action in the Women's Movement, which can be shown by Document I. Elizabeth Cady Stanton played a very important role in The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848. This convention also sought to expand democratic ideals, and more radically than perhaps any other event of any movement. They produced a declaration which stated that all men and women are created equal, and should therefore be treated equal. Stanton believed that women should be equally "represented in the government" and demanded for the right to vote.
Using these rhetorical strategies, Elizabeth Cady Stanton delivered a powerful speech to both supporters and non-supporters of her mission. The way she used these rhetorical strategies really influenced the audience to take a stand against the prejudice imposed on women and eventually women were given more rights. Stanton went above and beyond in helping other women escape from oppression and just like other great speakers she will be remembered. However, she will not be just remembered for what she did in helping people, she will be remembered for her inspiring words and ability to give such stimulating speeches.
In 1851, Susan met a woman named Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was at an anti-slavery meeting in Seneca Falls, New York. Elizabeth began fighting for women’s rights since 1848 and was known for being a great figure in women’s suffrage. Even though Susan B. Anthony did not become an active member in the suffrage movement immediately, she and Elizabeth became great friends, and they motivated and inspired each other to fight for equal rights and women’s rights. In September, 1852, Susan gave her first speech at the National Women’s Rights convention. In 1853 the Temperance state convention in Albany, Susan was not given the right to speak, they told her that the women had been invited only just to listen and learn. This enraged her, causing her to leave the meeting to call her own. In that year, Susan and Elizabeth founded the Women’s State Temperance Society. They petitioned and protested the New York state legislature to pass a law which was to slow down the sales of liquor. Their petition/protest was not approved. They had 28,000 signatures but because it was mainly from children and women they did not think it was enough... This made Anthony and Elizabeth focus mainly on the suffrage movement. Wanting to gain more political attention and freedom but they were harshly and
Susan B. Anthony was born February 15, 1820 in Adams Massachusetts to Daniel and Lucy Anthony. Susan was the second born of eight children in a strict Quaker family. Her father, Daniel Anthony, was a stern man, a Quaker abolitionist and cotton manufacturer. He believed in guiding his children, not directing them. He did not allow them to experience the childish amusements of toys, games, and music, which were seen as distractions from the Inner Light. Instead he enforced self-discipline.