Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Case

Without Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, women's rights would be set back for a long time. Back then, women were prevented from professions and could not attend college. By law, wives could not own land and were properties of their husbands. Stanton and Anthony stepped up and created the Women's Movement. These two women worked together for more than half a century to better the lives of women everywhere.

I thought it was interesting how Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony had similar beliefs but were two very different women. The witty and hospitable Stanton was a part of a very wealthy family. She was married to Henry Stanton and had many children. I think she was already a strong believer in women's rights when she married Henry Stanton because she kept her own last name and added in Henry's last name. Elizabeth Cady Stanton's father was against the idea of her attending college. On the other hand, Anthony chose not to marry and had no children. She was raised in a Quaker family. Anthony's father did not oppose the idea of her going to college. He wanted her to get a serious and equal education. Even though they did not seem alike at all, there was chemistry between them when they first met. They instantly became friends and allies. Stanton had an abundance of speeches and ideas about women's rights but she could not always express them because she had to take care of her many children. Anthony was able to travel around anywhere she liked because she was neither a mother nor a wife. Anthony was Stanton's legs and Stanton was Anthony's voice. These two shared a very affectionate sisterhood bond. I think that they depended on each other psychologically because it can be seen through their letters to each other. I think it is amazing how they maintained a friendship for more than forty years.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony have made enormous major contributions to the Women's Movement. In fact, they practically created the Women's Movement. In 1848 at Seneca Falls, New York, the first women's rights convention was held to discuss the rights of women and the women who attended drafted a declaration of rights and sentiments. Stanton and Anthony organized a women's rights convention every year after that. These two women, along with a group of followers, helped pass the Women's Property Act. This gave a wife the right to own property without the interference of her husband, the right to keep all of her earnings, the right to sue in a court of law, and the right to share custody of her own children. This was a great triumph for women but this was only the beginning for Stanton and Anthony. They not only made major contributions to the Women's Movement but to other causes as well. After Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Stanton and Anthony started a nationwide petition for a formation of a 13th amendment that would free every