The best protection any woman can have... is courage.
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a leading proponent of the women’s suffragist movement. She was a leader of The Seneca Falls Convention, an influential women’s rights defense that was held in Seneca Falls, New York. Along with being a leading proponent in the women’s suffrage movement, Stanton was also the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association for 20 years
Stanton’s contributions to the women’s suffrage movement eventually led to the creation of the Nineteenth Amendment. This addition to the constitution gave women the right to vote. Not only was the amendment the effect of Stanton’s work, it was also the culmination of the suffragist movement. It is because of people like Elizabeth Cady Stanton that the polls are now open to all.
