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The Women’s Rights Movement 1848-1998

Jessica Holman
Mr. Fox / Ms. Brown
English / History
First Semester Junior Report

The Women’s Rights Movement 1848-1998

The Women’s Rights Movement was and continues to be
one of the most incredible and inspirational series of events to
occur in United States history.  One of the more credible aspects
of these events happens to be the bold, intelligent pioneers that
paved the way for many other women throughout the United
States to follow.  An important battle fought for was women’s
suffrage, and in fighting for this worthy cause, various smaller
battles were also fought.

This great movement would have never occurred if the
few brave women, that felt that women were ultimately being
treated unfairly by the government would not have taken a
stand. These women were Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B.
Anthony, and Lucretia Coffin Mott.  Without their motivation to
conduct and follow through with the actions that needed to be
taken in order to give women the equal rights they were
entitled to as American citizens.  When these bold women took
a stand and made themselves heard, they encouraged hordes
of women to participate in their stand for equality.  Though
countless women fought the many battles for women’s rights
only a handful stand out in peoples memories.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton
     Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in 1815 and died in 1902.
During the eighty-seven years of her life she accomplished
many goals and over came numerous obstacles.  Elizabeth
attended Emma Willard’s School in Troy where she obtained her
education to the fullest extent possible for girls in those days.
She was a suffragist and Quaker abolitionist.  In 1840 she was
chosen as a delegate to the World Anti-Slavery Convention in
London, but was banned because women were not aloud to
vote.  The year 1848 was a tremendous year for Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, for this was the year that the first Women’s Rights
Convention was ever held.  It was put on by Elizabeth with the
aid of a few close friends that shared her opinion and beliefs of
how women were treated.  Though Elizabeth was busy working
towards her goals within the movement she still found time to be
a full-time wife and mother of many children.  Elizabeth Cady
Stanton lived her life to the fullest, working towards her dreams
and aspirations that would benefit women everywhere.  She
worked a long and hard fifty years to help women achieve the
vote and other equal benefits.

Lucretia Coffin Mott
     Lucretia Coffin Mott was born in 1793 and died in 1880.
Lucretia was educated at Nine Partners, a Quaker boarding
school near Poughkeepsie, New York.  She married James Mott,
who had been a teacher at that school.  Lucretia was an
American abolitionist and feminist.  In 1817 she became
involved in the Society of Friends, and in 1827, the society split
into two parts; she and her husband joined the group called the
Hicksites, which was a liberal function led by Elias Hicks.
Together Lucretia and her husband helped organize the
American Antislavery Society in 1833.  They were both
delegates to an International Anti-slavery Convention in
London, in 1840.  Unfortunately, Lucretia was excluded because
of her sex.  So she devoted most of her time and energy in
helping provide equal rights for women.  She was one of
Elizabeth’s friends who helped organize the first Women’s Rights
Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848.

Susan B. Anthony
     Susan B. Anthony was born in 1820 and died eighty-six
years later in 1906.  Susan was, like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a
Quaker abolitionist and suffragist.  She was also the first to
realize that signatures on a petition were necessary in order to
get the men in government to hear the grievances of women.
After figuring out this useful fact she and her captains went out
to collect as many signatures on as many petitions as possible.
In 1854 Susan and her captains took the petit...

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