Flashcard sets with a 'elizabeth cady stanton' term meaning 'she was an american social activist abolitionist and a leading figure of the early woman's movement, living from 1815 to 1902. before becoming a prominent female activist and organizing the first women's rights convention in 1848, she was a staunch abolitionist with her husband, henry brewster stanton. however, after the civil war, she and susan b. anthony declined to support the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments of the constitution as they continued to deny women the right to vote while providing blacks with the opportunity to do so. her desire for female suffrage was great enough for her to step away from her old abolitionist views and demand change come for women as well as blacks before legislation that allowed black suffrage could be accepted by the women's movement and their leaders.'

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1-1 of 1Flashcard sets with a 'elizabeth cady stanton' term meaning 'she was an american social activist abolitionist and a leading figure of the early woman's movement, living from 1815 to 1902. before becoming a prominent female activist and organizing the first women's rights convention in 1848, she was a staunch abolitionist with her husband, henry brewster stanton. however, after the civil war, she and susan b. anthony declined to support the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments of the constitution as they continued to deny women the right to vote while providing blacks with the opportunity to do so. her desire for female suffrage was great enough for her to step away from her old abolitionist views and demand change come for women as well as blacks before legislation that allowed black suffrage could be accepted by the women's movement and their leaders.'
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1	civil war 2by gabyjenn	19 terms	May 3, 2009

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