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[[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>

'''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>

==Early Activism ==

==Early Activism ==

In 1890, NWSA and AWSA merged to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association. It's leaders included Anthony and Stanton as well as Carrie Chapman Catt.

In 1890, NWSA and AWSA merged to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association. It's leaders included Anthony and Stanton as well as Carrie Chapman Catt.

Despite being [[pro-life]], a trait that would become very uncommon with feminists as time progressed, Stanton nonetheless bore some [[liberal]] similarities with modern feminists, particularly with religion. For instance, she said, "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> when releasing the ''The Woman's Bible'', a [[Feminist Bible|feminist Bible]] which challenged the [[King James Version]] of the Bible. She also described her experience growing up as a [[Christian]] as "suffocating and terrifying" and even opposed the tax-exempt status of churches during her time.<ref>https://christianhegemony.org/elizabeth-cady-stanton</ref> This would end her influence over the suffrage movement and NAWSA.

Despite being [[pro-life]], a trait that would become very uncommon with feminists as time progressed, Stanton nonetheless bore some [[liberal]] similarities with modern feminists, particularly with religion. For instance, she said, "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> when releasing the ''The Woman's Bible'', a [[feminist Bible]] which challenged the [[King James Version]] of the Bible. She also described her experience growing up as a [[Christian]] as "suffocating and terrifying" and even opposed the tax-exempt status of churches during her time.<ref>https://christianhegemony.org/elizabeth-cady-stanton</ref> This would end her influence over the suffrage movement and NAWSA.

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