Portrait of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, circa 1870

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Artifact Overview

An outspoken leader of the early women's rights movement, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) is perhaps best remembered for her contributions to the fight for women's suffrage, or equal voting rights. Stanton was a powerful strategist and writer. She influenced her contemporaries and later suffragists, laying the groundwork for the ratification of a constitutional amendment that guaranteed women suffrage in 1920.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)

Date Made

circa 1870

Subject Date

circa 1870

Creators

Location

at Henry Ford Museum in With Liberty & Justice for All

Object ID

98.94.18

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Albumen process
Mounting

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 3.938 in
Width: 2.438 in

Inscriptions

Printed in red ink on back: Sarony & Co., PHOTOGRAPHERS, 680 BROADWAY, N.Y. NAPOLEON SARONY, ALFRED S. CAMPBELL Notes written in pencil on back, three different handwritings: Stanton, / E. Cady Stanton, / Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Portrait of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, circa 1870