Elizabeth cady stanton quotes to deny equality

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (12 November1815 – 26 October1902) was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S.

during the mid- to late-19th century. She was the main force behind the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, the first convention to be called for the sole purpose of discussing women's rights, and was the primary author of its Declaration of Sentiments.

Her demand for women's right to vote generated a controversy at the convention but quickly became a central tenet of the women's movement. She was also active in other social reform activities, especially the abolition of slavery.

Elizabeth cady stanton quotes to deny equality

Quotes

• The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her... He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective to the franchise.

  He has compelled her to submit to laws, i