Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Quote by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Work

Elizabeth Cady Stanton as Revealed in Her Letters, Diary and Reminiscences

This volume compiles letters, diary entries, and reminiscences by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a leading figure in the early women's suffrage movement in the United States. The materials provide a firsthand perspective on her personal experiences, intellectual development, and activism, including her work on the Declaration of Sentiments and her collaborations with other reformers. The book serves as a primary source for understanding Stanton's views on gender equality, social reform, and her role in the broader struggle for women's rights. more

Author

Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, born on November 12, 1815, and died on October 26, 1902, was a pioneering American activist for women's rights. She was a key figure in the women's rights movement, known for her dedication to the fight for women's suffrage and gender equality. more

You May Also Like

“Thus far women have been the mere echoes of men. Our laws and constitutions, our creeds and codes, and the customs of social life are all of masculine origin. The true woman is as yet a dream of the future. A just government, a humane religion, a pure social life await her coming.”

MenHas BeensDreamGovernmentLawSocialPureConstitutionMereCodeCustomsCreedsEchoesMasculineHumaneSocial LifeTrue Woman
Book:History of Woman Suffrage ...: 1883-1900
Create image

“Whether our feet are compressed in iron shoes, our faces hidden with veils and masks; whether yoked with cows to draw the plow through its furrows, or classed with idiots, lunatics and criminals in the laws and constitutions of the State, the principle is the same; for the humiliations of the spirit are as real as the visible badges of servitude.”

RealStatesFacesLawSpiritPrinciplesFeetDrawsConstitutionShoesCriminalsIdiotVisibleMaskIronCowsHumiliationVeilsServitudeBadges
Book:The Elizabeth Cady Stanton-Susan B. Anthony reader: correspondence, writings, speeches
Create image

“If all those magnificent cathedrals with their valuable lands in Boston, Philadelphia and New York were taxed as they should be, the taxes of women who hold property would be proportionately lightened....I cannot see any good reason why wealthy churches and a certain amount of property of the clergy should be exempt from taxation, while every poor widow in the land, struggling to feed, clothe, and educate a family of children, must be taxed on the narrow lot and humble home.”

IfsShouldChildrenReasonHomeWould BeCertainChurchPoorStruggleLandNew YorkAmountTaxesPropertyHumbleValuableReason WhyWealthyEducateMagnificentTaxationBostonWidowsPhiladelphiaCathedralsClergy
Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Create image

“American women of wealth, education, virtue and refinement, if you do not wish the lower orders of Chinese, Africans, Germans and Irish, with their low ideas of womanhood, to make laws for you and your daughters awake to the danger of your present position and demand that woman, too, shall be represented in the government!”

IfsIdeasGovernmentLawOrderWishWealthVirtueDangerPositionDemandLowsDaughterChineseAwakeWomanhoodRefinementOur DaughterYour DaughterAmerican Woman
Book:The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: Against an aristocracy of sex, 1866 to 1873
Create image