Letter from Susan to Elizabeth

Dear Elizabeth,
I'm sorry that I haven't written to you in such a long time it's just that I have been very busy with my trial. I was so happy that our group of extrodinary women, The National Womans Suffrage Association, could encourage hundreds of women to go vote at the 1872 presidential elections. It made me even more content to see that 16 women in Rochester, including myself, had our ballots casted. Even though we were all arrested two weeks later, I think we gained an amazing experience that will go down in history from it.
As you know I refused to pay the fine becuase I wanted a trial and I wanted to go to Supreme Court. I ended up going to trial in New York this year, june of 1873. The judge forbade me from speaking to the jury. The sexist fools declared me guilty, but I still refused to pay the fine. And as for Supreme court, well that dream is gone.
With Love,
Susan B. Anthony

Glossary

1.Convention- a meeting or formal assembly, as of representatives or delegates, for discussion of and action on particular matters of common concern.
2.Association-an organization of people with a common purpose and having a formal structure. 3.Trial-the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
4.Suffrage- the right to vote, esp. in a political election.
5.Bankrupt- any insolvent debtor; a person unable to satisfy any just claims made upon him or her
6.Discontinue- to put an end to; stop; terminate

Journal entry by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

June 8, 1868
The newspaper the Susan and I started, was published today. June 8, 1868, I will never forget this date. It is a weekly newspaper and today was the first issue! Susan is the buisness manager/publisher and I am the editor, Parker Pillsbury is the co-editor. I feel like the paper will be a success, it's so great that susan and I can put our oppinions out there. I really think that we will be able to change people's minds about certain things.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

First Women's Rights Convention Flyer

FIRST WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION!

Who- Lucrietta Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

What- First Women's Rights Convention

Where- Weselyan Chapel, Seneca Falls, New York

When- July 19th and 20th, Wednesday and thursday 10:00 AM

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Character Profile

Picture From: Google images
http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Projects/Reln91/Gender/Ecadystanton.jpg

Born- October 26, 1815
Where- Johnstown, New York
What she did- She created the National Womens Suffrage Association. She was a writer and a speaker. She also started the first women's rights convention with Lucrietta Mott. Published a newspaper with Susan B. Anthony.
Siblings- 10 other siblings. She was the eighth child.
Father- Daniel Cady. Became a Supreme Court judge, in New York.
Mother- Mary Livingston
Married - Henry Bewster Stanton, a lawyer and an anti- slavery activist, in 1840
Children- She had seven children.
Died- October 26 1902 of heart failure in New York City. At age 87.