The Most Influential Woman of the Past Millenium: Elizabeth Cady Stanto

The Most Influential Woman of the Past Millenium Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Rosa Parks Elizabeth Cady StantonIf there had neer been born an Elizabeth Cady Stanton, women may have never seen the rights and privileges granted to us in the Nineteenth Amendment. She was the leading fighter and driving force for womens rights she dedicated her whole life to the struggle for equality. Elizabeth had learned from her father at an early age how to debate and win court cases, and she had also experienced the discriminations against women first hand. These two qualities lead to the most influential and motivating speeches against inequality when she was older. Elizabeth vowed to herself that she would counterchange how women were viewed in society (Hildgard 2) and that, she didDue to her strong belief in equality, she had the word obey removed from her wedding vow before she would marry Henry Brewster Stanton, an abolitionist, who love her haughty nature and strong will (Raven 85). While partaking in their honeymoon, they attended the Worlds First Anti-slavery Convention in London, Stanton and Lucretia Mott were failed to be noticed as legitimate delegates(Read 417). The conventions cozy barrier humiliated and angered Stanton she promised to start a womens convention to battle the issue of equality. A cause that she faught against for most of her lifetime. Eight years later, Stanton, along with foursome other women, held the first womens convention at Seneca Falls. Here hundreds of women met to discuss the fact that they had been denied their natural rights and religious freedom. The women used the Declaration of Independence to write the Declaration of Sentiments, which include the womens bil... ...king Press, 1972.Hildgard. Distinguished Women, Fields of Activtity. Distinguished Women.28 January 2000 .James, Edward T., et al ed. Notable Women. Volume I. Cambridge, Massachusetts The Belknap Press.Martin, Linda, et al., eds. 1000 Makers of the M illenium. New York DK Publishing, 1999.Raven, Susan, and Alison Weir. Women of Achievement. New York Harmony Books, 1981.Read, Phyllis J., and Bernard L. Witlieb. The Book of Womens Firsts. New York haphazard House, 1992.Saari, Peggy, ed. Prominent Women of the 20th Century. Volume 4. New York International Thompson Publishing Company, 1996.Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr. Eleanor of Acquitaine. New York Chelsea House Publishers, 1987.The National Womens Hall of Fame. Internet. 19 January 2000 .