| | [[image:elizabethcadystanton.jpg|200px|thumb|Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter, Harriot--from a daguerreotype 1856.]] | | [[image:elizabethcadystanton.jpg|200px|thumb|Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter, Harriot--from a daguerreotype 1856.]] |
| − | '''Elizabeth Cady Stanton''' (1815-1902) was an [[American]] women's rights activist who, along with [[Susan B. Anthony]] formed the National Women Suffrage Association in 1869.<ref>http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/stanton</ref> She died before she could achieve her goal of seeing women get the right to vote. As with most leaders of the early women's rights movement, she was a staunch [[anti-abortion]]ist as she wrote in her bi-weekly periodical.<ref>''The Revolution'', I, No. 5; February 5, 1868</ref> However, she did hold some [[liberal]] traits, such as saying,"The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation."<ref>https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/elizabeth_cady_stanton_155802</ref> | + | '''Elizabeth Cady Stanton''' (1815-1902) was an [[American]] women's rights activist who, along with [[Susan B. Anthony]] formed the National Women Suffrage Association in 1869.<ref>http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/stanton</ref> She died before she could achieve her goal of seeing women get the right to vote. As with most leaders of the early women's rights movement, she was a staunch [[anti-abortion]]ist as she wrote in her bi-weekly periodical.<ref>''The Revolution'', I, No. 5; February 5, 1868</ref> However, she did hold some [[liberal]] traits, such as saying, "The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation."<ref>https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/elizabeth_cady_stanton_155802</ref> |