She read a great deal and participated in the occasional antislavery event, and these activities would prove important down the road. Meanwhile, Stanton took advantage of the conveniences living in her childhood home offered. Her husband could not earn a living as an abolitionist, so he studied law with Elizabeth’s father. But when they returned to the United States, real life started up again-and pretty soon it got in the way.įor the first two years the Stantons lived with Elizabeth’s parents back in Johnstown, New York. In Europe she could imagine all sorts of possibilities, including a convention for the rights of women, while the day-to-day demands of her life-as the new wife of Henry Stanton-were on hold. Following her stay in London, she and Henry toured England, Ireland, and France for a few months. It might be this simple: Stanton was on vacation in London. Why? Why did 1840 turn to 1848 before such a convention would be held? And what happened in between?. Their resolution to hold a convention and form a society to advocate the rights of women “as soon as we returned home.” The meeting of Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. But the crucial transformation Elizabeth Cady Stanton experienced over the course of just eleven days in 1848 grew straight out of those eight years, and neither this movement nor its leader would ever be the same again. It’s easy to say that for eight years-from 1840 to 1848-nothing much happened in our story.
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