Among nineteenth-century women s rights reformers, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 1902) stands out for the maternal and secular advocacy that shaped her activism and public reception. A wife and mother of seven, she was also a prolific writer, transatlantic women s rights leader, popular lecturer, congressional candidate, canny historian, and freethought champion. Her lifelong interest in women s sexual and reproductive rights and late efforts to reform institutional religion are as relevant to our time as they were to her own. Stanton s professional life lasted a half-century, ranging...
Among nineteenth-century women s rights reformers, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 1902) stands out for the maternal and secular advocacy that shaped ...