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Born
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in Johnston, New York. -
Completed Education
Cady Stanton graduated from the Troy Female Seminary (now the Emma Williard School) in 1832. The Troy Female Seminary was and still is an all girls private school, and was invented for women to gain a higher education like their male peers. -
Gets Married
Cady Stanton married an abolitionist leader named Henry B. Stanton. When they married, Cady Stanton omitted the word obey in the marriage oath to give a more equal field between husband and wife. She also kept her maiden name, and took her husbands last name. -
Anti-Slavery Convention
Months after she married Henry Stanton, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her husband go to the world-wide Anti-Slavery Convention in London, England that was held from the 12th to the 23rd. However, when she arrived, she was told she was unable to participate because she was a women, and could only watch on the balcony. At the convention, she met life-long friend Lucretia Mott, who she would later collabrate with. -
Seneca Falls Convention
Elizabeth Cady Stanton held the first all women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York along with friend Lucretia Mott and others that supported women's suffrage. At the convention, she wrote the "Declaration of Sentiments" which she based off the United States own Declaration of Independence. For example, instead of the words "all men are created equal" the Declaration of Sentiments said "all men and women are created equal". -
Women's National Loyal League
Cady Stanton collaborated with Susan B. Anthony and created the Women's National Loyal League during the civil war. In the league, the two created a petition that recieved hundreds of thousands of signatures, that they used to try to abolish slavery and/or emancipate slaves. After the thirteenth amendment passed in 1865, the league disbanded, and the members left with valuable expierence that most used to help the suffragist movement. -
Abolitionist Group
Elizabeth Cady Stanton left her abolitionist group she had once supported. The men in the group were extremely close to reaching their goal of the abolishment of slavery, and when Cady Stanton asked for their support on women's suffrage, they would not support her. Therefore, she left the group. -
National Women Suffrage Association
Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony together founded the National Women Suffrage Association. An association made to help the cause of women's suffrage. She was the first appointed president, a position she held until 1890. In 1890, the association merged with another orginization, and was renamed the National American Women Suffrage Association, which she remained the president of until 1892. -
Amendment Proposal
In 1878, Cady Stanton was able to persuade Californian senator Araon A. Sargentto tp sponser the women suffrage amendment. Her and Susan B. Anthony together wrote a draft and submitted it to Congress. This amendment did not pass but was reintroduced every year until 1919. -
Woman's Bible
Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote and published the Women's Bible in her later years of life. She wrote this in trying to fight the sexism she saw in Christianity. The piece was considered quite controversial by others in society. She published the first volume in 1895, and the second volume in 1898. -
Death
Elizabeth Cady Stanton died on October 26, 1902. -
Women Suffrage Amendment
The 19th amendemnt was ratified, giving women the right to vote. Cady Stanton dedicated her life to gaining the right to vote, yet 18 years passed after she died before the amendment was ratified and women suffrage was allowed. She thought outside the box for a person from her time, and her life was one of the most important when involving womens' rights.
