On May 13th 1851 in Seneca Falls, New York, Elizabeth Cady Stanton attended an anti-slavery address given by William Lloyd Garrison. This is where she met Susan B. Anthony for the first time. The two women soon became personal and political partners. Eighteen years later, when the Women’s Rights Movement split apart, the two women created the NWSA (National Woman Suffrage Association). Both women seemed to have different lives. While Anthony was much more independent and strong willed, Stanton had married and bared seven children. Even though both women had different lifestyles, they shared the same political goals (Burns 1999). While the NWSA was up and running, the women covered many equality issues, with the right to vote being the most …show more content…
The reasoning for this was to gain easy access to the members and hearings of Congress. Women could easily walk up to Capital Hill to testify to Congress. Later on Susan B. Anthony would move into the Riggs House in Washington D.C. because of the generous owners. Shortly after, the Riggs House became the convention headquarters, which made it easy to campaign right in the capital. Later on, other members of the NWSA voted to move the meetings to other destinations like Kansas and New York City to put more pressure on other state legislators. Anthony was very particular about who spoke at these conferences. Rachel Foster Avery, the official organizer of the 1898 convention, recommended a male speaker for the next convention. Susan quickly shot the idea down saying he “is not a magnetic speaker, and he will not present a single fact that one of our women has not access to and cannot work up to better advantage”, as well as rejecting another because he did not have “national reputation” (Sherr …show more content…
At a convention in 1860 she lead a debate urging women to leave their unhappy marriages. She once stated “Few fathers or mothers would consent to the marriage of a daughter of fifteen, and the state, by wise laws, should reflect the common sense of the people. What knowledge can a girl of fifteen have of the great problems of social life, of the character of a husband, of the friendship and love of which the true marriage should be an outgrowth?” (Stanton 1884). So why should women have to suffer from a problem that wasn't in their control. Stanton’s support for divorce laws and sexual freedom made her an even bigger advocate for women in the