Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897

Name: Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897
Author: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

By Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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A first-person memoir traces early family life and education, domestic roles, and a long career of public activism for women's legal and social equality. It recounts a close, decades-long partnership with a fellow reformer, speeches before legislative bodies, editorial work on a reform newspaper, lecturing tours, and organizing efforts at local and international levels. The narrative also describes efforts to record the suffrage movement's history and a controversial examination of religious ideas affecting women's status, alongside travel and encounters with reformers abroad.

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) was a prominent American social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement. She is best known for her role in organizing the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, which marked the beginning of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. Stanton's influential writings include "Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897," where she reflects on her life and the struggles for women's rights, and "The Woman's Bible," a critical examination of the role of women in religion. Her advocacy and eloquent arguments laid the groundwork for future generations in the fight for gender equality.