In Her Own Right : The Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (56 page)

Name, women’s use of, xiii–xiv, 41, 90–91, 127

National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA), ix, xii, 175, 202, 208, 211

leadership, 199, 204–5, 214–15

merger, 142, 146, 193, 194–95, 197–98

National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), viii, 118, 119, 137, 140–41, 145

leadership, 168, 171, 197

meetings, 141, 142, 149, 151, 168, 169, 176, 184

and Elizabeth Cady Stanton role, 165, 167–68, 187, 199

National Woman’s Loyal League, 112–13

National Woman’s party, ix, x, 175

National women’s rights conventions.
See
Women’s rights national conventions

Neall, Elizabeth, 35, 41

“New Departure.”
See
Suffrage, woman’s, “new departure”

New England Woman Suffrage Association, 135, 146

New York Married Women’s Property Act.
See
Married women’s property rights

Oberlin College, 17n, 27, 65, 90n, 91, 92

Owen, Robert Dale, 123, 202

Parker, Theodore, 44, 45–46, 54, 210, 223

Phillips, Wendell, 35, 36, 92, 104, 122, 123, 125, 128, 179, 194

Phrenology, 44, 96–97, 194, 224, 230–32

Pillsbury, Parker, 44, 92, 131, 132, 133, 144

Post, Amy, 59

Prohibition.
See
Temperance

Prostitution, 150–51, 160

Psychological methodology, 219–25.
See also
Biography

Quakers, 38, 51, 52, 59, 73, 154

“Queen” (as metaphor), vii, 10, 11, 18, 170, 192, 195–96, 203, 207

Random Recollections
(Henry Brewster Stanton autobiography), 115, 186

Reform, 14–15, 21–22, 28, 32, 44.
See also
Revival

Religion: Christian perfectionism, 45–46

role of women, 20, 22, 218.
See also
Revival; Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, religion

Republicans, 89, 105, 153

and reconstruction, 118, 124, 129

and woman suffrage, 124, 129, 134, 135, 171, 192.
See also
Lincoln, Abraham; Stanton, Henry Brewster, and politics

Revival, 19, 20, 22

Revolution, The
, 131–33, 137, 155

debt, 133, 144, 145, 162, 166

Role model, 13, 19, 62–63, 75, 86, 219–24.
See also
Mott, Lucretia; Social learning theory

Rose, Ernestine, 43, 104, 112, 137

Roosevelt, Theodore, 214, 217

Secret Six, 24, 98

“Self-sovereignty,” xii, xiv, 203–4.
See also
“Queen” (as metaphor); Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, feminist ideology

Seneca Falls, N.Y., ix, 7, 46–48, 107, 174

Seneca Falls convention, 39, 47, 51–60

anniversaries, ix, 167, 169, 174, 192, 193. See also
Declaration of Rights and Sentiments

Shaw, Anna Howard, 204–13

Smith, Gerrit (cousin), 67, 106, 132, 223

abolition, 24, 98, 111

dress reform, 92

family, 24–25, 68

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and, 24, 30, 33, 40.
See also
Abolition; Brown, John; Miller, Elizabeth Smith

Social learning theory, 220–24

Social purity.
See
Prostitution

“Solitude of Self, The.”
See
“Self-sovereignty”

Sphere, separate, 9, 15, 22, 33

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and, 13, 101, 189, 198

Stanton, Daniel Cady (Neil) (son), 42, 67, 68, 69, 109, 114, 120–21, 131, 172–73, 201

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady:

and abolition, 28, 41, 106, 111, 122

appearance, vii, 22, 70, 83, 128, 135–36, 147, 163, 196

art works, 189, 202

autobiography, ix, x–xi, 115

birth control, 34, 65, 88

birthdays, vii, 187, 209–10, 217

childhood, 3, 5, 7–8, 10, 11, 12–13, 16

childrearing practices, 42, 68–69, 108, 142

on coeducation, 17, 59, 76, 93, 164

Congressional race, 119–20

Congressional testimony, 168–69, 194, 198, 203–4

daily routine, 12, 22–23, 26, 40, 70, 79, 80, 81, 93, 97, 142–43, 153, 171, 188, 189, 195, 206, 214, 216

death, 217–18

death of brother, 7–8

depression, 78, 97, 98

diary, ix, 171, 175

discontent, 49, 50, 60, 78, 79, 87, 88–89, 90, 93, 94, 144, 169

on divorce, 217–18

dress reform, 71–72, 76

education of, 8, 9, 16, 17–19, 40–41

elitism, 124, 149, 132, 205

feminist ideology, viii, 54, 61, 77, 94, 121, 134, 140, 164, 165, 198, 199, 203

friends, 44, 81, 119, 143, 149

grandchildren, 173, 180

health, 78, 93, 196, 207, 217

aging, 171–72

birth control, 34, 65, 88

childbirth, 66, 70, 78, 88, 97

depression, 78, 97, 98

eating, 17, 34, 70, 171, 128, 196, 206, 281

eyesight, 191, 216

family care, 69–70

habits, 34, 50, 66, 70, 200–201, 206

illness, 169, 179, 184, 201, 206, 217, 136

menopause, 99

pregnancy, 96, 97

weight, vii, 150, 151, 153, 163, 191, 196, 206

housekeeping, 40, 44, 49, 50, 63, 70, 80, 174, 208

image, viii, xiii, 139, 143, 163, 183, 196

on immigrants, 124, 133

importance of, vii, xiii, 209

leadership, 65, 118–19, 135

lecturer, 83, 96, 135, 144, 146, 160–61, 162–64, 169, 170, 184

lobbying, 43

on marriage, 10, 29, 31, 102, 173

on medicine, 23, 50, 133

meeting attendance, 144, 147, 165–66, 167, 169

on men, 111, 113, 124, 154, 164–65

money, 3, 96, 98, 99, 145, 161, 162, 169, 189–90, 203

motherhood, 42, 44, 62, 65, 90, 91, 93–94, 120, 162, 172, 182, 195

name, xiii–xiv, 41–42, 91, 127

in old age, 169, 187, 189–90, 200, 214

opinions, xi, 206, 208, 216

personality, viii, xiii, 12, 23, 81, 115, 140–41, 150, 163, 170, 187, 216

politics, 25, 54, 61, 116, 119, 129, 135, 136, 142, 144, 203

racial attitudes, viii, 19, 41, 111, 119, 124, 129, 133, 134, 140, 184, 205

radicalism, viii, ix, 132, 138, 146, 185, 195, 199, 205, 212

reading, 21, 23, 42, 79, 189, 216

reform, 25, 118

religion, 19, 21, 22, 25, 45–46, 68, 185, 186

residences: Albany, 42–43

Boston, 44

Johnstown, 3, 22, 40, 184

New York City, 108, 116, 201–2

Seneca Falls, 47–49

Tenafly, 120, 151, 177, 185

between, 183

sexual attitudes, 96–97, 102, 133, 150, 157, 159, 160

speeches, 41, 81–83, 93–94, 100–101, 103, 106, 150, 162–65, 206, 214

and Henry Brewster Stanton, 28, 32–33, 43, 64, 65–66, 80, 84, 89, 94, 116, 120, 122, 142, 172, 180, 183, 184, 186, 188, 224

suffrage, vii, ix, 118, 136, 215–16

temperance, 41, 73–74, 76–77

travel: England, 36–37, 181, 189, 200

France, 187–89

hardships, 128

Midwest, 136

Philadelphia, 96

wedding trip, 33–35, 39–40

voting, 171, 184

weight,
see above
, health

on women in military, 127

on women presiding, 59

on women working, 54, 94, 105

writing, 60, 63–64, 87, 97, 185–86, 191, 207

See also
Bayard, Edward; Beecher-Tilton; Birth control;
Cady family members
; Emma Willard School;
History of Woman Suffrage
; Lyceum; Mott, Lucretia; NAWSA; National Woman’s Loyal League;
Revolution, The:
Role models; Stanton children; Stanton, Henry
Brewster; Stanton-Anthony friendship; Stone, Lucy; Train, George Francis;
Woman’s Bible
; Woodhull, Victoria

Stanton, Gerrit Smith (Gat) (son), 42, 67, 68, 161, 169, 173, 195

Stanton, Harriot Eaton.
See
Blatch, Harriot

Stanton, Henry Brewster (husband), 26-28, 64, 172, 186, 188, 209

and abolition, 26-28, 32, 36-37, 111

absences, 42, 49, 64, 83, 84, 171

appearance, 26, 186

autobiography, 115, 186

customs house scandal, 113-15

employment, 90, 98, 115

as journalist, 64, 107, 115-16

as lawyer, 40, 42, 116, 173

finances, 31, 33, 42, 43, 64, 98, 121, 161

politics, 48, 49, 89, 121

appointive, 99-100, 106-7

Democratic, 48, 64, 66, 89

Liberty party, 40, 42, 46

Republican, 90, 153

relatives, 185, 209

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and, xi, xiv, 28, 30-31, 33, 84, 98, 112, 120, 137, 207, 223

and women’s rights, 48, 55, 65, 66

See also
Abolition; Stanton children; Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, and Henry Brewster Stanton

Stanton, Henry Brewster (Kit) (son), 42, 67, 68, 116, 161, 173, 195

Stanton, Margaret Livingston.
See
Lawrence, Margaret

Stanton, Robert Livingston (Bob) (son), 97, 99, 109, 161, 175, 195, 201, 206

Stanton, Theodore Weld (Theo) (son), x, 66, 68, 69, 71, 112, 160, 161, 172, 173, 174, 179, 180, 189, 207, 209

Stanton-Anthony friendship, xiv, 9, 72-73, 99, 104, 108, 116, 120, 122, 158-59, 170, 191, 198-99, 201, 202-3, 213-14, 217, 218, 224

collaboration, 73-74, 81-82, 100-101, 112, 177-78, 182-83

discord, 109-10, 121, 149, 151, 167, 185, 194, 208, 215

Stanton children, 42, 50, 66, 70, 93, 151, 161-62, 172, 173, 187, 188, 195, 206, 208, 218

genealogical chart, 228-29.
See also
Blatch, Harriot; Lawrence, Margaret; Stanton, Daniel Cady; Stanton, Gerrit Smith; Stanton, Henry Brewster; Stanton, Robert Livingston; Stanton, Theodore Weld

Stone, Lucy, 76, 135, 137, 138, 140-41, 145, 199

abolition, 111, 134

background, 17n, 90-91

on divorce, 83, 101, 104

name, 90-91

on divorce, 83, 101, 104

name, 90-91

organizational ties, 65, 112, 198

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and, 130, 139, 142, 180.
See also
Blackwell, Alice Stone; Blackwell, Henry; NAWSA; New England Woman Suffrage Association

Suffrage, woman’s:

anti-suffragists, ix, 205

and blacks, 122, 123, 140, 199

federal amendment, 135, 148, 168, 192, 194, 198

limited, 92, 184, 205

“new departure,” 148, 154, 155-56

rationale for, 119, 133, 194, 203, 205

state referenda, 129, 178

in Kansas, 127-30

in New York, 126-27, 208

in Washington, D.C., 126, 136, 141

strategy, 134-35, 140, 147-48, 167-68, 205

voting rights cases, 153-56, 171, 176

See also
Fourteenth Amendment;
political parties by name
; Seneca Falls convention; Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, and suffrage;
suffrage organizations by name

Sumner, Charles, 67, 90, 116, 124

Temperance, 41, 76-77, 194

Tenafly, N.J., 183, 185, 186, 195

Thirteenth Amendment, 112

Tilton, Theodore, xi, 125, 128, 133, 142, 144, 151, 183.
See also
Beecher-Tilton scandal