Voting - An American Right, an individual responsibility Nov 14, 2008
Then, 50 years later, after the tireless and courageous efforts of suffragists like Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, voting rights were also extended to all women. In 1964, the 24th Amendment banned poll taxes in federal elections, thereby extending the vote to all Americans, regardless of property ownership. (Boerne Star, TX)
Two Women's Groups Meet in Seneca Falls Nov 9, 2008
"We know that Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and our foremothers didn't live to see the fruits of their labor, explained NOW state president Marcia Pappas. They fought for the right for women to vote, and we know that some times that may happen to some of us as well, but we're going to continue the fight for the next generation." ... They believe pioneers like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were more on par with their group than with NOW. ... "They were very... (R News)
Republican women donate 100 books to Cass District Library Oct 17, 2008
Lincoln's Boys," "The Story of Rosa Parks," "Let Freedom Ring - the Words that Shaped our America," "Yankee Doodle America - the Spirit of 1776," stories about Abe Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Ronald Reagan and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, "How I Became a Pirate," "When Washington Crossed the Delaware," "The Adventurous Boy's Handbook," "Our 50 States," "Everyday Graces - A Child's Book of Good Manners," "Dolley Madison Saves George Washington," Lynne Cheney's book about Washington, Meghan McCain's... (Dowagiac News, MI)
One-Woman Show About Canadian Compo... Oct 15, 2008
Singer Kathleen Shimeta was so inspired by a one-woman show about suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton that she wrote her own show about composer Gena Branscombe. "She was such a wonderful woman as well as being a terrific composer...I felt guided to do something to bring her music to the attention of present-day audiences.". (Suite101.com)
A pro-life feminist's dilemma Oct 15, 2008
Founders such as Victoria Woodhull, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were active crusaders both for the progress of women, and for the unborn child. Stanton was the organizer of the nation's first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y. In 1873, she wrote: "When we consider that women are treated as property, it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit," (Julia Howe's Diary, Harvard University Library). (Christian Science Monitor)
'Times have changed': Civil rights, women's movements intertwined Sep 18, 2008
When historic women's rights leaders, such as Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, met in Seneca Falls, N.Y., in 1848 to discuss the social, civil and religious condition of women at the first Woman's Rights Convention, it was Frederick Douglass, a former slave and abolitionist, who suggested that those gathered vote on a women's suffrage resolution, Glisson said. "The women's movement of the 1960s and 1970s was also largely shaped by people who had learned to mobilize in the civil rights... (The Clarion-Ledger)
Building the Right Framework Sep 14, 2008
The womens suffrage movement began in force in 1848, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized a in Seneca Falls, New York, with the goal of universal suffrage. This quest for voting rights continued for decades. (Townhall.com)
Today in History Sep 12, 2008
Thought for Today: "Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility." Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist (1815-1902). Yahoo. (Yahoo News)
The Demise of the "Sisterhood of Single-Issue Feminists" Sep 8, 2008
To a woman, the early suffragettes, like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, opposed abortion, recognizing it as the ultimate degradation and victimization of women. Similarly, for Governor Palin and millions of modern American women, there is no inconsistency between advocating for women and taking a pro-life position. (Human Events Online)
Women's Suffrage Movement in the Un... Sep 3, 2008
Lydia Taft, Abigail Adams, Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucretia Mott and Susan B. Anthony ... Elizabeth Cady Stanton ... History of Woman Suffrage by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Ida Husted Harper, 1822, Harvard University Press. (Suite101.com)
FFL Member Nominated for Vice President of the United States Aug 30, 2008
Many members of Congress have already stepped forward to cosponsor the FFL-inspired bill with bipartisan support, the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act (). "We invite all parties, all public servants, and all people to join us on the bridge of woman-centered solutions," Foster said. (PR Newswire)
The E-Harmony Election Aug 27, 2008
Though we might like to think that this one's for Elizabeth Cady Stanton, it's actually our own well-tended grudgesover that promotion or assignment or raise we should have gotten in the late '80s but didn'tthat we truly want Hillary to avenge. Faludi's amble down the feminist pathways of the 1920s is a fascinating one, but the women clinging to the promise of a Hillary presidency like lichen on a rock would be doing so even if they couldn't pick Susan B. Anthony out of a lineup. (Slate)
Women's Equality Day, 2008 Aug 26, 2008
As we look back on the journey to women gaining suffrage, we remember the sacrifices of people like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. More than 160 years after the Seneca Falls Convention, we celebrate the spirit, leadership, and hard work of those pioneering women. (White House News Releases)
Critics' Picks Aug 2, 2008
Gianvito devotes a little meditative chunk of time to each of them, capturing not just the final resting places of Eugene V. Debs and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Malcolm X and victims of the Homestead strike and King Philip's War, along with others almost entirely forgotten by history, but also the grass, trees, light and life that carry on around them. The effect is hypnotic, transcendent and highly mysterious. (Salon)
ANNIE LAURIE GAYLOR: Women's rights movement celebrates 160 years Jul 19, 2008
The Seneca Falls Convention in New York, convened by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and four feminist friends, met during the hot days of July 19-20, 1848, "to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman." It was at this convention that Stanton proposed her shocking resolution for "woman suffrage" - demanding women's right to vote. A short, unsigned notice, composed around a tea table, appeared in the July 14, 1848, issue of the Seneca County Courier. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Revolutionary Women Jun 29, 2008
One of our country's most notable suffragists gets her due in the spunky biography Elizabeth Leads the way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote by Tanya Lee Stone and illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon (Henry Holt; 32 pages; $16. 95; ages 4-8). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Sizzling campaign trickles down to childrens books Jun 22, 2008
Sam s mom might never have become president if not for the likes of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the daughter of a judge who refused to give up her maiden name when she married an abolitionist in 1840. In Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote (Henry Holt, $16. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Does the Bible Discriminate Against Women? Jun 1, 2008
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a 19th-century pioneer for womens rights in the United States, felt that the Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of womens emancipation. Of the first five books of the Bible, Stanton once said: I know of no other books that so fully teach the subjection and degradation of woman. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Race-gender split traced to adoption of 15th Amendment May 27, 2008
For many years, leaders of the women's rights movement, such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, had been staunch supporters of the anti-slavery/civil rights movement and its most prominent leader, Frederick Douglass. In turn, Douglass championed the women's cause partly because he believed in its principles, partly because he understood the importance of maintaining a strong political alliance. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
COMMENTARY: Reviving feminism: We should not be afraid May 25, 2008
In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Victoria Woodhull and other famous first-wave feminists met at Seneca Falls, N.Y., to discuss the injustices that they felt women all across the United States were subjected to by the men who so often took them for granted. In 1963, Betty Freidan, a New York journalist, published "The Feminine Mystique." It was her first book and outlined the problem that American wives and mothers often faced in the '50s and '60s: the fact that they weren't... (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Welcome center going up at Catt's childhood home May 13, 2008
She later joined the National American Woman Suffrage Association founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. When Anthony retired in 1900, she picked Catt as her successor as the organization's president. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Mary Wollstonecraft May 3, 2008
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. In the early years of the women s rights movement, when it was just emerging from the abolitionist movement, Stanton met Mott in London at the World s Anti-Slavery Convention. (Suite101.com)
History Day competition explores conflict, compromise Apr 3, 2008
Women s History Award, UW-L women, gender and sexuality studies department: Junior Award Marina Dvorak, Holmen Middle School, All-American Girls Baseball League: Conflicts-Compromises Made to Gain Respect for Women Athletes; senior award Samantha Murphy, Cochrane-Fountain City High, The Woman s Hour Has Struck: Conflicts and Compromises of (the Wisconsin suffragist) Theodora Youmans; honorable mention, junior Maia Fay Noll, Three Rivers School, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Her Struggle for... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
"Progressive evangelicals" a major force for change Mar 26, 2008
Religion's rough spots AS FAR as women's rights are concerned, I think Wallis should remember that in the 19th century, the two strongest proponents of women's suffrage, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, considered religion to be not only the major impediment to acceptance of women's rights, but to be the cause of women's subjugation. LINDA BURNETTFarmington, Mich. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Connecticut inn preserves its heirloom history Mar 23, 2008
The inn's name comes from Nora Stanton Barney, who bought the estate in 1937 and called it Stanton House in honor of her grandmother, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the women's rights activist. After 25 successful years as an inn, the house began a slow decline before the Pearsons took it over in 1983. (Boston Globe)
Columnist: This month, pay due respect to 'sisters' Mar 18, 2008
Using the Declaration of Independence as a guideline, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a woman's rights activist, presented her Declaration of Principles in her hometown chapel and brought to light subordinate status of women and made suggestions for change. Resolution Nine, which requested the right for women to vote, was most important in that it expressed the demand for sexual equality. (Daily Collegian, PA)
'Iron Jawed Angels' - A woman's right Mar 15, 2008
The two were considered the next-generation incarnation of suffrage pioneers after Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. A brief, informal discussion between Cynthia Taylor, Violence Prevention Coordinator, and the fewer than five students who showed up took place at the end of the movie. (University News, MO)
Victimhood skirmish aids only McCain Mar 15, 2008
With support growing for the 15th Amendment, which guaranteed the franchise to black men but not specifically to women of any color, a frustrated Elizabeth Cady Stanton revealed her race-conscious condescension. "Now, as the celestial gate to civil rights is slowly moving on its hinges, it becomes a serious question whether we had better stand aside and see 'Sambo' walk in the kingdom first," she wrote in a letter to an anti-slavery newspaper in 1865. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Writer 'rescues' suffragette Mar 8, 2008
When Roesch Wagner speaks Saturday, March 8, in Rapid City, she hopes to introduce those attending to Gage, a woman who Roesch Wagner said had just as big a role in the women's suffrage movement as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. "Yet, few people can say her name today," Roesch Wagner said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Daughter of Dakota editor to appear Mar 3, 2008
Wagner tells the story of how feminist Matilda Joslyn Gage, who was considered equally important with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton during her lifetime, got written out of history and the Herculean task to bring her back to her rightful place. All four of Gage s children moved to Dakota, and she often visited, taking part in the woman suffrage campaigns of 1883 and 1890. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
119 years of learning Feb 15, 2008
For more than 40 years, activists such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone and Lucretia Mott had been leading a nationwide drive for women's rights. Although women would not get the right to vote until ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, groups like the Wednesday Club helped provide the intellectual stimulation many craved as they pursued expanded roles in their communities. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
'Monologues' assaults decency with its vulgarity Feb 13, 2008
Are these the ideas for which Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought. Did Margaret Thatcher, Florence Nightingale or Mother Teresa ever worry about "speaking through a vagina". (North County Times)
McCain and talk radio Feb 8, 2008
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It is time to move forward cons to clean up the w disaster. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Seneca Falls: The story of the women who changed the world Feb 5, 2008
It was 1848, at a women's rights meeting in Seneca Falls, N.Y., that Elizabeth Cady Stanton rose to declare that "all men and women are created equal." And yet it was not until 1917 that the United States Constitution was amended to extend to women the right to vote. Stanton and her peers spent their lives struggling toward that goal and the hard work they did altered everything about the American way of life. (Christian Science Monitor)
Lori Key unlocks a new chapter in her life Jan 29, 2008
""Many women have fought for the rights that I hold as a woman today," Lori said. "Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton began to campaign for women's suffrage in the middle of the 19th century. "She didn't know that Anthony spoke in Dowagiac."The 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, was ratified in 1920. (Dowagiac News, MI)
Campus Notes Jan 23, 2008
Lori Ginzberg will be speaking at the Women's Studies Forum about "Living Large: Tackling the Life and Thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton" at 3:30 p.m. today in 118 Willard. Copyright. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Debate Over Race, Gender Could Hurt Dems Jan 20, 2008
If the campaign becomes a competition between race and gender Frederick Douglass versus Elizabeth Cady Stanton, as one New York Times graphic put it the winner on election day will be whichever white man the Republican Party nominates. By Katha Pollitt Reprinted with permission from The Nation. (CBS News)
Volunteer of the Year Jan 20, 2008
Mitchell also volunteered to fill the role of Elizabeth Cady Stanton for a program at Geneva Public School. She explained to her young audience the past tradition of hanging a colored flag outside a home to signal whether a newborn baby was a boy or a girl. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Politics of Sex and Race Jan 17, 2008
"Before Obama and Clinton, there was Douglass and Stanton," writes one black blogger, referring to the acrimonious debate in 1869 between feminist leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton and black abolitionist Frederick Douglass, the year before blacks won the right to vote ... "Before Obama and Clinton, there was Douglass and Stanton," writes one black blogger, referring to the acrimonious debate in 1869 between feminist leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton and black abolitionist Frederick Douglass, the year... (Townhall.com)
Clinton "Turns Back the Clock" on Female Leaders for Her Own Political Gain Jan 14, 2008
In the Capitol rotunda, theres a piece of marble etched with the faces of famous women like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton ... In the Capitol rotunda, theres a piece of marble etched with the faces of famous women like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. (Townhall.com)
Womens Support for Clinton Rises in Wake of Perceived Sexism Jan 10, 2008
By losing the first presidential contest, Mrs. Clinton may have succeeded in getting more women to see her as she presents herself: not a dominant figure of power, but a woman trying to break what she has called the highest and hardest glass ceiling" in America. I do want Hillary Rodham Clinton to take the White House, but until she lost Iowa, I didn t realize how much, or how much it had to do with her being a woman, said Allison Smith-Estelle, 37, director of a program against domestic... (New York Times)
What's in a name? Dec 7, 2007
In several cities, I've driven down Martin Luther King Avenue but I'd be interested to know if anybody has ever been on a street called, for instance, Susan B. Anthony Blvd., or Elizabeth Cady Stanton Avenue or how about Mother Teresa Way. Anne Morrow Lindberg Circle. (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
Sen. Young talks about prescription abuse at Monday Club meeting Nov 28, 2007
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B, Anthony are two women who I appreciate, Young said. The struggles they went through to get the vote for women were dangerous and amazing. (Wellsville Daily Reporter, NY)
Pastor has the right to spew his nonsense Nov 8, 2007
Thomas Paine, William Lloyd Garrison, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Eugene Debs, Margaret Sanger, Martin Luther King: They made people uncomfortable, caused emotional distress. Some people were offended by the things they said and wanted them silenced. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Rangel Offering Broad Tax Plan, and Big Target Nov 1, 2007
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Advocates Representation for Women. (New York Times)
Click for Full Story Oct 29, 2007
Thought for Today: "Who, I ask you, can take, dare take, on himself the rights, the duties, the responsibilities of another human soul?" -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist (1815-1902). (Source: Associated Press). (KWTX.com, TX)
Today In History - October 29, 2007 Oct 29, 2007
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist (1815-1902). ( 2007 The Associated Press. (CBS2.com, CA)
Conference on women's rights pioneer to air on local television Sep 27, 2007
Often overshadowed by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, some don't realize the role Wright had as a leader of the women's rights movement and as one of five organizers of the July 1848 convention. e feel the history of Central New York and Auburn is right in the center of it and people don't realize that, Mochel said. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Rebels, writers, and milkmaids Sep 25, 2007
For example, a chapter on the power of the written word links Christine de Pizan, the 15th-century French poet and scholar; Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a 19th-century American suffrage activist; and Virginia Woolf, the 20th-century English author, to see how each "talked back to books" and revealed to their generations that "a female perspective changed presumably universal notions of human behavior." Similarly, a discussion of "Amazons" incorporates women warriors from classic Greek tales to Wonder... (Boston Globe -- Living)
Continue reading Aug 26, 2007
Suffragists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott put on a convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y. in 1847, to discuss the rights of women. At the convention, 100 people -- men and women -- signed a declaration which said that women should be allowed the same rights as men. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Women's rights activist remembered throughout weekend Aug 20, 2007
On Sunday, Wright, who will soon be inducted into Seneca Falls' National Women's Hall of Fame alongside Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was the subject of a special presentation at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Auburn. James D. Livingston, a descendant of Wright's, spoke about her life and political activism during the church's morning service, much of the information taken from "Martha Wright: A Very Dangerous Woman," a biography recently co-authored by Livingston and his... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Sierra Vista club ready to bring history to life Aug 19, 2007
Helen Hiddeson portrays Elizabeth Cady Stanton during rehearsal Thursday for a Womens Equality Day program scheduled for Aug. 25 at the Palms ... These remarkable women of history, along with abolitionist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, actress Katharine Hepburn, former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, and Oprah herself gathered Thursday in Winterhaven to prepare for their role-plays at the luncheon on Aug. 25 celebrating Women s Equality Day. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
More of this story Aug 12, 2007
Before she joins fellow women's rights pioneers Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in the hall, Wright will be the focus of a three-day presentation by historians and authors at the Auburn Public Theater beginning Friday, Aug. 17. Meanwhile, Sen. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
If Abortion Were Illegal Aug 4, 2007
A liberal social issues group, AtCenterNetwork. com, recently created a mini-documentary filmed outside a Libertyville, Ill. (Human Events Online)
Arcuri cosponsoring equal pay legislation Jul 31, 2007
e have come a long way from Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, but there is still much work to be done and I am proud to cosponsor this critical piece of legislation. H.R. 1336 is a response to the recent Supreme Court decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear which made it harder for female workers to claim discrimination in pay. (Herkimer Eening Telegram, NY)
Work begins on visitor center near Carrie Chapman Catt home Jun 22, 2007
Catt made a living as a lecturer and joined the National American Woman Suffrage Association founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. When Anthony retired as president in 1900, she picked Catt as her successor. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
A Lost Cause Jun 6, 2007
Women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were reasonable enough to expect no more and tolerate no less regarding individual rights. But many problems arise when today s feminists don t want to be treated as equals; they expect to be treated much better. (Suite101.com)
Spring's joyous, loud song May 27, 2007
When The Atlantic listed its 100 top thinkers in American history last year, there she was at number 39, snuggled appropriately between Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Harriet Beecher Stowe, linking three critical American revolutions: feminism, environmentalism, and anti-slavery. The connection to Stowe is apt. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Women's Groups and Partial Birth Abortion Apr 21, 2007
We need go no further than women's rights trailblazer Elizabeth Cady Stanton to dismiss the idea that women's rights and abortion rights are synonymous ... We need go no further than women's rights trailblazer Elizabeth Cady Stanton to dismiss the idea that women's rights and abortion rights are synonymous. (Townhall.com)
Landmarks in Women's Rights History Apr 5, 2007
Women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y. Women led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott call for justice for women and woman suffrage. 1868. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Years of effort rewarded with the recent establishment of a tribunal that is expected to put about 10 former leaders of the Communist regime on trial early next year. Mar 24, 2007
The 60-year-old McLean resident has family connections to suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her husband, slavery abolitionist Henry Brewster Stanton. His personal efforts on behalf of human rights began in the 1960s as a voting-rights worker in Mississippi. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
From Ben Franklin to MLK, a glorious marathon of oratory Mar 19, 2007
In these volumes are Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Booker T. Washington, and, taking up the cause of extending Americans' rights, Lincoln, Kennedy, and Johnson -- and Hubert H. Humphrey, whose 1948 speech to the Democratic National Convention is sometimes forgotten as one of the landmarks of American history: "To those who say that we are rushing this issue of civil rights, I say to them we are 172 years late. To those who say that this civil rights program is an infringement on... (Boston Globe)
International Women's Day honored at event Mar 7, 2007
Ann Gordon, director of Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, said Anthony uttered those words at the age of 81, and was speaking about the dawn of the 20th century ... The event - part of the Susan B. Anthony Legacy Centennial sponsored by the Institute for Women's Leadership and the Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony - celebrated International Women's Day and honored Anthony's legacy near the centennial of her death. (The Daily Targum, NJ)
Ladies Night Feb 21, 2007
One part that will be performed, from "The Spirit of A Woman," is a tribute to women such as Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony. The piece, entitled, "Sit Down Sister," is an adaptation of the original soul song, celebrating womanhood. (Up & Coming Magazine, NC)
ECU Notes: ECU, PCC students teaming up for design competition Jan 29, 2007
The 16 women Mani profiled are Anne Hutchinson; Abigail Adams; the Grimke sisters; Sojourner Truth; Susan B. Anthony; Lucretia Mott; Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Lucy Stone; Harriet Tubman; Jane Addams; Carrie Chapman Catt; Alice Paul; Ida B. Wells-Barnett; Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton; and Sen. (The Daily Reflector)
Pelosi, Hillary and the 'A' Word Jan 22, 2007
Suffragists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton would certainly be cheered that women s voting rights lead to women s political leadership ... Or in the words of Stanton: "When we consider that women are treated as property, it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit." (Elizabeth Cady Stanton in a letter to Julia Ward Howe, October 16, 1873. (Human Events Online)
