USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, pioneers of the Women’s Rights Movement, 1891. Perhaps the most well-known women’s rights activist in history, Susan B.

Detailed explanation-2: -Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an abolitionist, human rights activist and one of the first leaders of the women’s rights movement. She came from a privileged background, but decided early in life to fight for equal rights for women.

Detailed explanation-3: -Women couldn’t own property, and they had to give any money they made over to their husbands. They also weren’t allowed to vote. By the mid-1800s, women started to fight back, demanding suffrage, or the right to vote. These women were called suffragists.

Detailed explanation-4: -Elizabeth Cady Stanton began the organized women’s rights movement in 1848 and continued to be a leader in the effort. An intelligent and motivated activist, Stanton started several associations, which encouraged many women to work for women’s rights as well as the rights of others who were disenfranchised.