Stanton's Suffrage Analysis

When either one faltered, the other offered encouragement. At first, Anthony felt uncomfortable speaking in front of groups, but Stanton told her, “I have no doubt that a little practice will render you an admirable lecturer.” Likewise, when Stanton hinted that at times she was tired and thought of retiring from public view, Anthony would show up with a bag, “stuffed with acts . . . the statistics of women robbed of their property, shut out of some college, half paid for their work, the reports of some disgraceful trial; injustice enough to turn any woman’s thoughts from stockings and puddings.” When Stanton’s children were older, she and Anthony campaigned for suffrage together. As soon as they reached a town, Anthony would begin organizing—finding a hall, putting up posters, handing out leaflets.
Together they founded equal rights and suffrage associations, organized annual conventions, met with lawmakers, and campaigned in several states. They also published The Revolution, a weekly newspaper that advocated for women’s rights, from 1868 to 1872, and co-edited the first three volumes of A History of Woman Suffrage. In 1878, Stanton introduced the first attempt at a women’s suffrage amendment in Congress. Neither Stanton nor Anthony, however, lived to see their dream of full women’s suffrage in the United States come true. Stanton died in 1902, Anthony in 1906. But together, these two women devoted more than 50 years to the cause. Truly, they can be considered the founding Mothers