Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born on November 12, 1815 in Johnstown, New York. Her father was a well known attorney and later judge. Cady was the seventh child of her large family of six girls and one boy. Cady was very determined to please her father who wanted a son more than anything, and by doing so she participated in many male activities such as chess, horseback riding, and an education. Cady soon became aware of the absence of women’s rights by reading through her fathers law books.
Elizabeth attended the Johnstown Academy at the head of her class and when she graduated she wanted to apply to the same university as her brother but at that time women were still not admitted. Instead Cady graduated from a female academy in 1833, and from there entered in her interests women’s rights. While she was visiting a cousin who was an abolitionist, Cady met many other reformers along with her soon to be husband Henry Stanton who was a well known abolitionist and journalist. Even though her father strongly disagreed with her choice of husband, who by the way was ten years older then herself, Cady married H
In the beginning of the Civil War they moved to New York City where Cady and Anthony made thousands of petitions fighting to end slavery while at the same time working to support womens organizations and fundraisors. After this Cady and Anthony left the women’s rights movement and formed the National Women Suffrage Association in 1869. Cady stood as president with Anthony as the vice president. From here Cady traveled around the country lecturing on women’s rights. While traveling Cady learned that her ideas didn’t shock women as much the father west she went. At the same time Cady wrote her first book supporting her cause called The History of Woman Suffrage.
Susan B. Anthony and Cady worked together closely in their battle and together founded the Women’s State Temperance Society for women married to alcoholics. As a result to their first major address to the legislature, New York passed the bill allowing married women rights to their own wages and guardianship of their children. This was no easy feat since Stanton received a lot of negative attention from many others on this topic.
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