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​ ​ Elizabeth Cady Stanton ** ​ 'Equal rights for women!'
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Hello, I'm Elizabeth Cady Stanton.I was born in Johnstown N.Y. I was the seventh of ten of children! I had eight sisters and one brother.Unfortunately,my brother died when I was eleven.My father was very upset about that.My fathers name was Daniel Cady Smith,he was a blacksmith before becoming a lawyer.My mother was Margaret (Livingston) Cady.Her ancestors fought in the American Revolution. ​I spent three years at Johnstown Academy,and another three years at Troy Female Seminary.Now ​it's known as Emma Willards Seminary in Troy,N.Y. ​ Later on in my life,I went to marry Henry B. Stanton,who was an abolistionist.We got married in 1840.Afterwards, we had seven children,Daniel Cady,Henry,Gerrit Smith,Theodore,Margaret, Harriot,and Robert.The same year we got married,we went to London for the World Anti-Slavery Convention.All of the women there had to sit on a different floor level.While I was there,I met Lucretia Mott.We both thought that I was unfair that we had to sit on a different floor level then the men.Not being able to sit on the same floor level of the men, was one reason why we put our efforts into organizing women to get equal rights.We called the first the first women's rights convention in the U.S.We held it at Seneca Falls N.Y. in 1848.I was the president of the National Women's Suffrage Association.Some of the things we fought for was to vote for particular people,and to have the rights to divorce.But during the Civil War,Susan B. Anthony and I concentrared our efforts towards slavery and rights for slaves. ​ Besides being a women's right lady,I was a journalist,writer,and lecturer.Some of the books I wrote were //'Eighty// Years' //and// I made three volumes //of 'History of Women's Suffrage'.// I did argue that the Bible,and its organized religion was denying women's rights.That's why my daughter,Harriot Stanton Blatch, wrote //'The Women's Bible'//,which had two volumes. ​​ ​ After a full life of accomplishments and adventure,Elizabeth Cady Stanton Died on October 26,1902 at the age of 86, of old age.Knowing that she made life more promising to women.Thank you and I hpoe you enjoyed my speech.