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Elizabeth Cady

Elizabeth C. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

12 November 1815—26 October 1902

Emmeline B. Wells

Born 12 Nov. 1815 in Johnstown, Fulton Co., New York.1 Daughter of Daniel Cady and Margaret Livingston.2 Married Henry B. Stanton, 10 May 1840, in Johnstown; seven children.3 Met Lucretia Mott at the World’s Antislavery Convention in London, to which her husband was a delegate, May 1840.4 Cofounded the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, Seneca Co., New York, 19–20 July 1848.5 Cofounder and president of the New York Woman’s Temperance Society, 20 Apr. 1852.6 Successfully campaigned to expand New York’s Married Women’s Property Law of 1860.7 Petitioned Congress for universal suffrage, 29 Jan. 1866.8 Proposed the American Equal Rights Association for universal suffrage, 10 May 1866.9 Ran for Congress in New York, Nov. 1866.10 Joined with Susan B. Anthony and Parker Pillsbury to publish a weekly newspaper, the Revolution, beginning 8 Jan. 1868.11 Organized the National Woman Suffrage Association; president, 15 May 1869–1892.12 Lectured with Susan B. Anthony in the Salt Lake Tabernacle, 21 June 1871.13 Argued before the Senate Judiciary Committee in favor of women’s right to vote, 11 Feb. 1872.14 Cowrote and edited the first three volumes of History of Woman Suffrage, a six-volume work of the movement, 1881–1922.15 Founding member of the International Conference of Women, 25 Mar. 1888, in Washington, DC.16 Merged the National Women’s Suffrage Association with the American Suffrage Association, 18 Feb. 1890.17 Celebrated her eightieth birthday; Utah women presented her with a gift of a black onyx and silver ballot box, 12 Nov. 1895.18 Visited by EBW, 26 Feb. 1899, in New York City.19 Attended the International Conference of Women in Washington, DC, which EBW also attended, 12 Feb. 1902.20 Died 26 Oct. 1902 in New York City.21

The First Fifty Years of Relief Society

Born at Johnstown, Fulton County, New York; daughter of Margaret Livingston and Daniel Cady. Graduated from the Troy Female Seminary at Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, 1832. Married Henry Brewster Stanton, 1840; seven children. Participated in the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, Seneca County, New York, 1848. Served as president of the National Woman Suffrage Association, 1869–1890, and as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1890–1896. Died at New York City. 22 (See Document 4.27)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Eighty Years and More (1815–1897) Reminiscences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (New York: European Publishing, 1898), 2. Mabel Ward Cameron, Biographical Cyclopaedia of American Women, vol. 1 (New York: Halvord Publishing, 1924), 64. Ida Husted Harper, “Elizabeth Cady Stanton,” American Monthly Review of Reviews 26 (July–Dec. 1902): 716. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 23 Jan. 2019), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (M6KV-5XC).

  2. 2 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Eighty Years and More (1815–1897) Reminiscences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (New York: European Publishing, 1898), 2–3. Mabel Ward Cameron, Biographical Cyclopaedia of American Women, vol. 1 (New York: Halvord Publishing, 1924), 64. Ida Husted Harper, “Elizabeth Cady Stanton,” American Monthly Review of Reviews 26 (July–Dec. 1902): 715.

  3. 3 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Eighty Years and More (1815–1897) Reminiscences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (New York: European Publishing, 1898), 60. Ida Husted Harper, “Elizabeth Cady Stanton,” American Monthly Review of Reviews 26 (July–Dec. 1902): 716. 1850 U.S. Census, Seneca Falls, Seneca Co., NY, p. 615, E C Stanton. 1860 U.S. Census, 4th Ward, Seneca Falls Village, Seneca Co., NY, p. 117, Elizabeth C. Stanton.

  4. 4 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Eighty Years and More (1815–1897) Reminiscences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (New York: European Publishing, 1898), 83. Mabel Ward Cameron, Biographical Cyclopaedia of American Women, vol. 1 (New York: Halvord Publishing, 1924), 65.

  5. 5 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Eighty Years and More (1815–1897) Reminiscences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (New York: European Publishing, 1898), 148. Mabel Ward Cameron, Biographical Cyclopaedia of American Women, vol. 1 (New York: Halvord Publishing, 1924), 65.

  6. 6 Ida Husted Harper, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, vol. 1 (Indianapolis and Kansas City, MO: Bowen-Merrill, 1899), 67. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage, eds., History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 1 (Rochester, NY: Fowler & Wells, 1881), 484.

  7. 7 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage, eds., History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 1 (Rochester, NY: Fowler & Wells, 1881), 256. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Eighty Years and More (1815–1897) Reminiscences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (New York: European Publishing, 1898), 220–225.

  8. 8 “Petition for Universal Suffrage, Signed by Elizabeth Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Others,” data and images, Universal Suffrage, Featured Congressional Documents, The Center for Legislative Archives, National Archives, Archives.gov (https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/suffrage, accessed 15 Jan. 2019).

  9. 9 Ida Husted Harper, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, vol. 1 (Indianapolis and Kansas City, MO: Bowen-Merrill, 1899) 259–260. 

  10. 10 “A Lady Candidate for Congress,” Daily Union Vedette (Salt Lake City), 3 Nov. 1866, 1. Mabel Ward Cameron, Biographical Cyclopaedia of American Women, vol. 1 (New York: Halvord Publishing, 1924), 66.

  11. 11 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage, eds., History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 1 (Rochester, NY: Fowler & Wells, 1881), 46. “First Page of the First Issue of the Revolution,” Lewis & Clark Digital Collections, vol. 1, no. 1 (http://digitalcollections.lclark.edu/items/show/9833, accessed 24 Jan. 2019).

  12. 12 Mabel Ward Cameron, Biographical Cyclopaedia of American Women, vol. 1 (New York: Halvord Publishing, 1924), 66. Ida Harper, ed., History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 5 (Rochester, NY: National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1922), 1. Susan B. Anthony and Ida Harpers, eds., History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 4 (Rochester, NY: Hollenbeck Press, 1902), 186.

  13. 13 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Eighty Years and More (1815–1897) Reminiscences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (New York: European Publishing, 1898), 283–284. “Woman’s Suffrage,” Salt Lake Daily Herald, 30 June 1871, 3.  Advertisement, Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City), 21 June 1871, 2. 

  14. 14 “The Woman Suffragists,” Salt Lake Daily Herald, 25 Feb. 1872, 3. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage, eds., History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 2 (Rochester, NY: Charles Mann, 1887), 164, 497.

  15. 15 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Eighty Years and More (1815–1897) Reminiscences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (New York: European Publishing, 1898), 322–323. Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper, eds., History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 4 (Rochester, NY: Susan B. Anthony, 1902), v.

  16. 16 Susan B. Anthony and Ida Harpers, eds., History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 4 (Rochester, NY: Hollenbeck Press, 1902), 125. “Founding Members of the International Council of Women (ICW), Washington-New York, 1888,” International Council of Women (http://www.icw-cif.com/01/03.php, accessed 24 Jan. 2019).   

  17. 17 “The National American Woman Suffrage Association,” National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, Articles and Essays, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/collections/national-american-woman-suffrage-association/articles-and-essays/the-national-american-woman-suffrage-association/, accessed 24 Jan. 2019).  Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage, eds., History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 2 (Rochester, NY: Charles Mann, 1887), 164.

  18. 18 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Eighty Years and More (1815–1897) Reminiscences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (New York: European Publishing, 1898), 464. Harriet Sigerman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Right Is Ours (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001), 118. “Elizabeth Cady Stanton,” Deseret Weekly (Salt Lake City), 16 Nov. 1895, 15.

  19. 19 EBW, Diary, 26 Feb. 1899.

  20. 20 Ida Harper, ed., History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 5 (Rochester, NY: National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1922), 23, 24. EBW, Diary, 12 Feb. 1902.

  21. 21 Works Projects Administration for the City of New York, Manhattan Death Certificates, 1866–1919, project no. 265-1-97-28, work project no. 1, cert. no. 30921, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 26 Oct. 1902, microfilm 4006259, image 1826/2473, FHL. “Death of Elizabeth Cady Stanton,” Watertown (NY) Daily Times, 27 Oct. 1902.  

  22. 22 Dumas Malone, ed., Dictionary of America Biography (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1964), 9:521–523. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed May 2023), Elizabeth Cady M6KV-5XC.