Stanton and Anthony

Describe Seneca Falls (1848), the fight for women's votes, and Anthony's arrest for voting.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 58

In the 1840s, American women couldn't vote. Most married women couldn't own property in their own names, and few could go to college. Many who fought slavery began to see their own lack of rights.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton helped plan a meeting at Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. Her Declaration of Sentiments, modeled on the Declaration of Independence, said all men and women are created equal.
The call for the vote was the boldest part. Even some friends thought it went too far. Frederick Douglass stood up in support.
Susan B. Anthony met Stanton in 1851. Stanton wrote speeches, and Anthony organized and traveled. Newspapers made fun of them, and crowds shouted them down.
In 1872, Anthony voted in Rochester, New York, and was arrested. She was fined 100 dollars and never paid. Neither woman lived to see the 19th Amendment give women the vote in 1920. Georgia didn't approve it until 1970.

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:

SS4H4.a — Discuss contributions of and challenges faced by Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman.