november october american social activist abolitionist leading figure early women rights movement declaration sentiments presented falls convention held new_york credited initiating organized women rights women suffrage movements united_states president narrowed political focus exclusively women rights active abolitionist husband founder republican_party cousin unlike involved women rights movement addressed issues pertaining women voting rights concerns included women parental custody rights property rights employment income rights divorce economic health family birth control outspoken supporter 19th century movement american_civil_war commitment female suffrage caused women rights movement declined support passage fourteenth united_states_constitution opposed giving added legal protection voting rights african american men women black white denied rights position issue thoughts organized christianity women issues voting rights led formation separate women rights organizations finally rejoined president joint organization approximately years break original women suffrage movement died having authored autobiography eighty years articles pamphlets concerning female suffrage women rights childhood family background eighth children born new_york siblings died early childhood infancy sixth sibling elder brother died age prior graduation new_york sisters lived adulthood old age later life elizabeth named daughters sisters margaret father prominent attorney served term united_states congress later circuit court judge justice judge introduced daughter law brother law planted early seeds grew legal social activism young girl enjoyed father law library debating legal issues law early exposure law caused realize law favored men women particularly married women realization married women virtually property income employment custody rights children helped set course changing mother descendant early dutch settlers daughter colonel officer continental_army american revolution having fought assisted capture major west_point new_york escaped aboard hms vulture planning turn west_point english unusually tall woman time commanding presence routinely described mother daughter remembers grandmother fun lively apparently share memories emotionally devastated loss children fell depression kept fully involved lives surviving children left maternal void childhood mother depressed father contended loss children including eldest son work child responsibilities fell elder sister years senior husband classmate son senator wilmington delaware time engagement marriage apprentice law office instrumental growing understanding explicit implicit gender legal system slavery end july like men day father slave household later freed took care sister margaret makes mention position slave family household remembered particular fondness memoir eighty years things pleasure took attending episcopal church sisters enjoyed sitting church white families congregation immediately fact family owned slave exposure abolition movement young woman visiting cousin new_york led staunch abolitionist sentiments education intellectual development unlike women era formally educated attended studied latin greek mathematics religion science french writing age academy enjoyed educational classes compete academically boys age older won academic awards honors including award greek language memoir credits neighbor strongly encouraging intellectual development academic abilities time felt father writing brother death remembers trying comfort father saying try brother time father response devastated daughter wish boy understanding father valued boys girls took disappointment firm belief abilities father perceived went teach encouraged read widely ultimately bequeathed greek books confirmation intellectual abilities strengthened confidence self esteem graduation received tastes sexual discrimination watched dismay young men graduating surpassed academically went older brother previously taking men enrolled female seminary new_york founded run school renamed honor founder spurred respect despite growing speaker event early student days remembers strongly influenced evangelical preacher central figure movement influence combined childhood caused great hearing speak terrified possibility fear judgment seized soul visions lost haunted dreams mental health reason friends credits father brother law convincing ignore warnings credits taking trip restoring reason sense balance returned organized christianity experience maintained logic humane sense ethics best guides thought behavior marriage family young woman met early involvement abolition movements acquaintance cousin abolitionist member secret supported raid ferry west_virginia journalist marriage attorney despite reservations couple married requesting minister phrase promise obey removed wedding vows later wrote refused obey supposed entering equal relation couple children seventh child robert baby born soon returning united_states european honeymoon moved household studied law father law moved boston massachusetts henry joined law firm living boston elizabeth thoroughly enjoyed social political intellectual came constant round abolitionist gatherings meetings enjoyed company influenced people marriage eventual took husband surname signing refused addressed asserting women individual persons stated custom calling women john tom colored men founded principle white men lords marriage entirely tension disagreement like disagreed notion female suffrage employment travel financial considerations husband wife lived apart friends couple found similar temperament ambition views certain issues including women rights abolitionist reformer elizabeth letter henry greatly needs humble holy companion thou considered marriage overall success marriage lasted years ending death concerned effect new_england winters fragile health moved boston new_york situated northern end finger lakes found upstate new_york house purchased located distance town couple children sons daughters born asserting children conceived program called voluntary era commonly held wife submit husband sexual demands firmly believed women command sexual relationships mother advocated freedom expression lots outdoor activity solid highly academic education children breadth interests activities learning sons daughters remembered daughter margaret cheerful sunny enjoyed assumed primary responsibility children found depressed lack intellectual loneliness increasingly involved community established ties similarly minded women area time firmly committed nascent women rights movement ready engage organized activism early activism women rights movement prior living admirer friend minister feminist abolitionist met world anti slavery convention london england spring honeymoon women allies male delegates attending convention voted women denied participation proceedings like nominated serve official delegates respective abolitionist societies considerable debate women required sit section hidden view men attendance soon joined prominent abolitionist arrived vote taken protest outcome refused seat instead sit women example decision prohibit women participating convention strengthened commitment women rights early life experiences experience london initially experience housewife later wrote general discontent felt woman portion wife physician spiritual guide chaotic conditions fell constant supervision anxious look majority women impressed strong feeling active measures taken remedy society general women particular experience world anti slavery convention read legal status women oppression saw swept soul intensified personal experiences elements onward step begin thought public meeting protest discussion acting feelings perceptions joined sister handful women organized held july people attended drafted declaration sentiments read convention modeled united_states declaration independence declaration proclaimed men women created equal proposed things controversial resolution demanding voting rights women final resolutions including female suffrage passed small measure support attended informally spoke convention soon convention invited speak second women rights convention rochester new_york role activist reformer invited speak pregnancy chose instead lend list sponsors send speech read introduced street feminist mutual acquaintance signed declaration sentiments subsequent resolutions despite attendance convention best known joint work behalf women suffrage anthony joined movement instrumental founding short lived presidency organization supporters suggesting sufficient cause divorce relationship women suffrage movement movement hardly accidental movements common interests women suffrage filling role cause prohibition effect later state state women gained right vote press political measures reduce perceived largely problem involving male sex movement frequently allied anthony focus soon shifted female suffrage women rights activities brought acquaintance short time served editor anthony newspaper revolution single having children anthony time energy speaking traveling unable skills complemented better writer scripted anthony speeches anthony movement organizer wrote anthony power heaven hell earth separate hearts likewise writing tribute appeared new_york_times died anthony described having forged anthony fired unlike anthony relatively narrow focus suffrage wanted push broader platform women rights general opposing viewpoints led discussion conflict disagreement threatened friendship working relationship women remained close friends colleagues death years initial meeting recognized movement leaders support sought anthony voices soon joined began assuming leadership positions movement women included washington age gave powerful speech begins urge sixteenth amendment suffrage man government civil religious social male element destructive force stern selfish loving war violence conquest acquisition breeding material moral world alike disorder disease death record blood cruelty pages history reveal slavery slaughter sacrifice pains black codes soul humanity struggled centuries mercy face hearts dead alike love hope speech ends violence disturbance natural world constant effort maintain forces nature like loving mother trying land sea mountain valley place angry winds waves balance extremes heat cold rain drought peace harmony beauty reign supreme striking analogy matter mind present society warns woman let loose elements violence ruin power curb civilization age calls extension suffrage surely government educated men women better represent protect interests representation sex ideological divergence women rights movement american civil war anthony broke abolitionist backgrounds lobbied strongly ratification fourteenth united_states_constitution granted african american men right vote believing african american men virtue thirteenth amendment legal suffrage offered white male citizens largely expanding male franchise country increase number voters prepared deny women right vote anthony angry partners working african american women rights refused demand language amendments changed include women eventually rhetoric took racial overtones arguing behalf female suffrage women voters wealth education needed offset effect slaves immigrants ignorance degradation negatively affect american political system declared question better stand aside walk kingdom civil rights scholars argued emphasis property ownership education opposition black male suffrage desire hold universal suffrage fragmented civil rights movement pitting african american men women emphasis educated suffrage established basis literacy requirements followed wake passage fifteenth amendment position caused significant rift civil rights leaders particularly believed white women empowered connection fathers husbands brothers vote according treatment slaves entitled liberated african american men lacked women indirect empowerment voting rights women granted franchise african american women believed degree empowerment white women african american men vote general female suffrage according concern black male suffrage despite racist language resorted firmly believed universal franchise empowered blacks whites men women speaking behalf black women stated allowing vote condemned african american triple man knows slavery gender race joined belief anthony especially champion voting rights republican congressman pennsylvania ardent abolitionist agreed voting rights universal anthony drafted universal suffrage petition demanding right vote given consideration sex race petition introduced united_states congress stevens despite efforts fourteenth amendment passed adjustment time fifteenth amendment making way congress position led major women rights movement leaders women rights movement including strongly argued position disagreement ratification fifteenth amendment given birth separate women suffrage organizations founded anthony served president years opposed passage fifteenth amendment changes include female suffrage influence particular championed number women issues deemed radical conservative members suffrage movement better funded larger representative woman vehicle founded following november led stone howe supported fifteenth amendment written following passage amendment preferred focus female suffrage advocate broader women rights espoused gender neutral divorce laws woman right refuse husband sexually increased economic opportunities women right women serve believing men given right vote women granted franchise slave feminist affiliated anthony organization anthony truth joined later worked woman bible despite position efforts expand fifteenth amendment include voting rights women amendment passed originally written later years interested efforts create cooperative communities work places attracted forms political populist movement identifying socialism especially socialism later years decade following ratification fifteenth amendment anthony increasingly took position advocated fourteenth actually women right vote argued fourteenth amendment defined citizens persons born united_states subject jurisdiction thereof included women fifteenth amendment provided citizens right vote logic asserted women constitutional right vote simply matter claiming right constitution based argument came called new departure women rights circles divergence earlier attempts change voting laws state state basis led anthony later going polls demanding vote despite similar attempts hundreds women nearly years women obtained right vote united_states time maintained broad focus women rights general focus female suffrage particular passage fifteenth amendment support prominent stone howe gap leaders women movement widened took issue fundamental religious movement leaders unlike colleagues believed organized christianity relegated women unacceptable position society explored view 1890s feminist understanding biblical scripture sought correct fundamental believed inherent organized christianity likewise supported divorce rights employment rights property rights women issues preferred involved radical positions included acceptance marriage despite opposition giving african american men right vote women language resorted expressing opposition objection marriage wrote letter marriage white woman anthony fearing public condemnation wanting demand female suffrage foremost pleaded letter support marriage publicly known went write influential books documents speeches women rights movement starting anthony collaborated write volume history woman suffrage seminal volume work containing history documents letters woman suffrage movement volumes published work eventually completed major writings included woman bible published autobiography published self self sovereignty delivered speech convention washington leading male feminist day began publishing weekly periodical revolution editorials focused wide array women issues view different modern supported birth control likely believed killing abortion considered position discussed revolution time joined embarking year career traveling months year provided funds youngest sons college given popularity lecturer way spread ideas general population gain broad public recognition establish reputation leader women rights movement popular speeches girls boys education marriage divorce prison life bible woman rights lecture travels occupied president presided conventions period addition writing speaking instrumental promoting women suffrage states particularly new_york missouri kansas included ballot michigan vote unsuccessful bid seat new_york primary force passage eventually passed worked female suffrage wyoming utah california convinced california senator introduce female suffrage amendment wording similar fifteenth amendment passed years previously active internationally spending great deal time europe daughter fellow feminist lived helped prepare founding opposed merger conservative based objections organizations merged creating despite opposition merger president largely intervention good measure woman bible position issues divorce popular conservative members january approximately years died joined address issue suffrage judiciary nearly decades fighting female suffrage women rights final appearance members united_states congress text self spoke central value individual noting value based gender declaration sentiments penned years earlier statement expressed need women voting rights particular need revamped understanding women position society women general isolation human soul necessity self dependence individual right choose surroundings strongest reason giving woman opportunities higher education development forces mind body giving enlarged freedom thought action complete emancipation forms custom dependence influences fear personal responsibility individual life strongest reason ask woman voice government lives religion asked believe equality social life chief factor place trades earn bread self sovereignty individual rely impressed brilliance speech published self entirety leaving speech committee strongly supported spanish american war writing hate war glad come instance like spain swept face earth death burial remembrance died heart failure home new_york_city october years women granted right vote united_states survived seven children seven grandchildren interred new_york_city grave monument husband unable attend formal college university daughters attended columbia_university received undergraduate graduate degrees respectively death unorthodox ideas religion emphasis female employment women issues led focus anthony founder women suffrage movement controversial publishing alienated traditional cemented anthony place readily recognized leader female suffrage movement anthony continued work familiar younger members movement celebrating 75th anniversary paid tribute role mother played women rights movement late anthony received attention founder movement mentioned time received attention commemorated sculpture united_states capitol unveiled originally kept display capitol sculpture moved current location prominently displayed elizabeth house declared house new_jersey declared landmark years later park row site original office anthony newspaper revolution included map manhattan historical sites related dedicated important women created president march commemorated truth calendar saints july interest popularly produced documentary story elizabeth attention drawn central founding role shaping woman suffrage movement broad women rights movement united_states included women suffrage women legal reform women roles society dollar bill april treasury secretary announced denominations united_states currency redesigned prior 100th anniversary 19th amendment newly designed bill include images pay homage women suffrage movement feature images writings writing author author books history woman suffrage volumes written vol completed authors including anthony self originally delivered speech later published hard bound edition woman bible eighty years selected periodicals journals revolution editor lily published contributor published contributor published contributor selected papers essays speeches declaration sentiments resolutions petition universal suffrage self government best means self development self speeches girls boys education marriage divorce prison life bible woman rights women rights papers archived elizabeth university particularly entries editor collected works open collections program publications harvard_university elizabeth register papers volumes library works public domain individual writings declaration rights list signatories digital library project girls online sources elizabeth internet encyclopedia philosophy family memorabilia women president borough manhattan new_york_city writings journey history elizabeth find grave
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