Elizabeth Cady

StantonNovember 12th 1815 – October 26th 1902

This is a cartoon of Elizabeth.

Elizabeth was very educated!

•Elizabeth won the Greek language award. To win this award she had to study very hard and learn more of the Greek Language.

•Elizabeth went to Troy Female Seminary and later went on to Johnstown Academy. She finished school in 1833.

•When Lizzy was at Johnstown Academy she was the only girl in her class. This was because most girls didn’t go to college. They stayed home to cook and clean for everyone else.

At school she really enjoyed writing English compositions.

•Elizabeth and her ally Susan B. Anthony are recognized today as two of the most important figures in the early movement to gain women's rights in the U.S.

•Elizabeth loved to speak in front of many audiences. She usually talked about women's suffrage.

•Elizabeth always told her message about women's suffrage from Maine to California.

Elizabeth’s Career

Elizabeth was An Abolitionist!

• An abolitionist is a person opposed to

slavery.

•Elizabeth learned to be an

abolitionist from her uncle. Her Uncle was an

abolitionist and Elizabeth agreed, slaves should be

sent free.

• This is a picture of an abolitionist. She is reading a book about how slavery is

wrong and people should not have slaves.

Our Pictures of Elizabeth Cady Stanton

By JoyceThis is a picture of Stanton in her fancy clothes. She worked hard to earn money for these clothes.

By Jordan This is a picture of Elizabeth making a speech to a lot of people.

Why was Elizabeth important?

•Elizabeth was a speaker for woman's rights. She normally talked about woman’s suffrage.

•In the 1800s most woman stayed home and raised children, they had few rights, they couldn’t own property, and they couldn’t vote or sue people. Elizabeth changed this for women in the U.S.

• When Elizabeth was still a child she heard her dad said to an abused woman that she had no alternative but to obey their husbands and fathers. Elizabeth decided she needed to change this and she succeeded.

Death of a brilliant lady .

On October 25, Lizzy sent a letter to Theodore Roosevelt about slavery and the next day, October 26, 1902, Elizabeth died and never received an answer.

If Elizabeth was still alive today she would be happy that women have all the rights that men do and that slavery is over .