Dani, fellow Mental Bon Bon, wrote this for December's homework and I just loved it so much, I felt it was beyond Post worthy. Dani also got the highest rave reviews from the Principle!
The Questions was this:
Research a contemporary of Samuel Hahnemann and describe his or her life.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
A woman who enjoyed motherhood and lived her life; a woman who firmly believed she had control and command over education, sexual relationships, child bearing and was involved in the community including the women’s rights movement. Elizabeth believed everyone should be equal regardless of sex or race. She spoke on behalf of black people regularly and was also known for her joint work for women’s suffrage and women’s rights. She founded the National Women’s Suffrage Association including founding the American Women Suffrage Association focused only with female suffrage, gender neutral divorce laws, a woman’s right to refuse her husband sexually, increased economic opportunities for women and the right to serve on juries. Stanton was a rebel for most of her life. She was one of the first women to wear "bloomers". She found the corsets and full skirts of the day uncomfortable and preferred the comfort of the baggy, lace-trimmed trousers.
Elizabeth was born November 12,1815 in Johnstown, New York to Mr. Daniel Cady (prominent lawyer and judge) and Margaret Livingston Cady. Elizabeth was the 8th of 11 children, five of her siblings died in early childhood or infancy and her older brother Eleazar died at age 20.
A woman who enjoyed motherhood and lived her life; a woman who firmly believed she had control and command over education, sexual relationships, child bearing and was involved in the community including the women’s rights movement. Elizabeth believed everyone should be equal regardless of sex or race. She spoke on behalf of black people regularly and was also known for her joint work for women’s suffrage and women’s rights. She founded the National Women’s Suffrage Association including founding the American Women Suffrage Association focused only with female suffrage, gender neutral divorce laws, a woman’s right to refuse her husband sexually, increased economic opportunities for women and the right to serve on juries. Stanton was a rebel for most of her life. She was one of the first women to wear "bloomers". She found the corsets and full skirts of the day uncomfortable and preferred the comfort of the baggy, lace-trimmed trousers.
Elizabeth was born November 12,1815 in Johnstown, New York to Mr. Daniel Cady (prominent lawyer and judge) and Margaret Livingston Cady. Elizabeth was the 8th of 11 children, five of her siblings died in early childhood or infancy and her older brother Eleazar died at age 20.
She attended Johnston Academy (all boys school) under special
agreement where she graduated at the age of 16. Regardless of her intelligence,
she felt undervalued by her father, constantly feeling like her father valued males
and woman were just females. Her father even once saying to her “Oh, my
daughter, I wish you were a boy”.
In 1830 the Union College was only taking men so she enrolled
in the Troy Female Seminary in New York. Elizabeth later attended Emma Willards
Academy and graduated in 1832.
In 1840 Elizabeth married Henry Brewster Stanton, a journalist, an antislavery orator but did not vow to “obey” him. She felt that women were individuals and took to the name Elizabeth Cady Stanton but refused to be addressed as Mrs. Henry Stanton. Henry Stanton studied to be a lawyer and they moved to Boston Massachusetts where he joined a law firm. The couple had seven children, Stanton made it known that her children were conceived as she called it “voluntary motherhood” instead of submitting to a husbands sexual demands and ways of child bearing common during that era. They were content with their marriage despite they spent so much of their marriage apart due to Henry Stanton’s employment. Their marriage lasted 47 years, ending with her husband’s death in 1887.
Stanton was an engaging public speaker and a talented writer. Elizabeth spoke out against slavery and the oppressive treatment of African Americans. She drafted the famous "Declaration of Sentiments" at the first woman's rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York in 1848 which was the declaration stating that "all men and women were created equal," and demanded that women be given "the sacred right of elective franchise". Elizabeth helped Mott organize the woman's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York.
In 1840 Elizabeth married Henry Brewster Stanton, a journalist, an antislavery orator but did not vow to “obey” him. She felt that women were individuals and took to the name Elizabeth Cady Stanton but refused to be addressed as Mrs. Henry Stanton. Henry Stanton studied to be a lawyer and they moved to Boston Massachusetts where he joined a law firm. The couple had seven children, Stanton made it known that her children were conceived as she called it “voluntary motherhood” instead of submitting to a husbands sexual demands and ways of child bearing common during that era. They were content with their marriage despite they spent so much of their marriage apart due to Henry Stanton’s employment. Their marriage lasted 47 years, ending with her husband’s death in 1887.
Stanton was an engaging public speaker and a talented writer. Elizabeth spoke out against slavery and the oppressive treatment of African Americans. She drafted the famous "Declaration of Sentiments" at the first woman's rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York in 1848 which was the declaration stating that "all men and women were created equal," and demanded that women be given "the sacred right of elective franchise". Elizabeth helped Mott organize the woman's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York.
She was a mother who advocated homeopathy, freedom of
expression for all of her children. She was first introduced to Homeopathy by
Elizabeth’s brother in law Edward Bayard. Edward became a homeopath after a
miraculous cure in 1830, being diagnosed with a heart condition. Bayard’s wife
Tryphena persuaded him to try homeopathy. His recovery was so remarkable,
Bayard resolved to give up the law to study homeopathy. Both Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and her sister Tryphena became strong homeopathic supporters.
“I have seen wonders in homeopathy... I intend to commence life on homeopathic principles”.
Homeopathy offered women a way out of a restrictive society and a way to create a healthier society. She was a practicing homeopath from a family of homeopaths.
“I was their physician, also with my box of homeopathic medicines I took charge of the men, women, and children in sickness... To add to my general dissatisfaction at the change from Boston, I found that Seneca Falls was a malarial region, and in due time all the children were attacked with chills and fever which, under homeopathic treatment in those days, lasted three months”.
In 1863, she helped found a homeopathic school, New York Medical College for Women. Stanton rejected anesthesia for the birth of her child, which she delivered herself, and urged other women to do likewise.
Stanton was the first woman to run for the U.S. Congress. She had discovered that although women could not vote, there wasn’t anything in the law to prevent them from running for office however Elizabeth lost.
In 1869, Elizabeth Stanton helped organize the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA). Stanton headed the NWSA for 21 years. She called for birth control, liberalized divorce laws, and stronger laws to prevent physical and sexual abuse.
The core of her philosophy was the belief that women were individuals who did not need men to protect them. Stanton died in 1902 at age 87 from heart failure. Even though she passed before women earned the right to vote, she was the thinker and scribe behind the victory.
“I have seen wonders in homeopathy... I intend to commence life on homeopathic principles”.
Homeopathy offered women a way out of a restrictive society and a way to create a healthier society. She was a practicing homeopath from a family of homeopaths.
“I was their physician, also with my box of homeopathic medicines I took charge of the men, women, and children in sickness... To add to my general dissatisfaction at the change from Boston, I found that Seneca Falls was a malarial region, and in due time all the children were attacked with chills and fever which, under homeopathic treatment in those days, lasted three months”.
In 1863, she helped found a homeopathic school, New York Medical College for Women. Stanton rejected anesthesia for the birth of her child, which she delivered herself, and urged other women to do likewise.
Stanton was the first woman to run for the U.S. Congress. She had discovered that although women could not vote, there wasn’t anything in the law to prevent them from running for office however Elizabeth lost.
In 1869, Elizabeth Stanton helped organize the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA). Stanton headed the NWSA for 21 years. She called for birth control, liberalized divorce laws, and stronger laws to prevent physical and sexual abuse.
The core of her philosophy was the belief that women were individuals who did not need men to protect them. Stanton died in 1902 at age 87 from heart failure. Even though she passed before women earned the right to vote, she was the thinker and scribe behind the victory.
Halfway through this I was thinking “ why in the world did I choose this woman”. She is complicated and why couldn’t I have chosen someone with an easier timeline. Born… did this, did that and then died. But NO, I chose this woman who fought from childhood to not fold into living in a “mans world”. I simply researched “woman homeopath 1800” and went through a long list and picked a random one. I started researching her. I had probably 10 windows open on my computer!! This woman was incredible, she believed in her ability to change the minds of people and their views. Instead of doing what she was told to do, she questioned it and disagreed. She lived her life standing strong to her beliefs. This is how I feel when it comes to vaccines and unnecessary antibiotics. I do not believe in the “do as you are told” by the doctor. I think vaccines go against morals and ethics, against nature and the body's natural defense and I will continue to spread the word about vaccines and unnecessary antibiotics and spread the word about homeopathy. I will fight for what I believe in just as Elizabeth Stanton did and I will not give in or give up. I never knew of this woman before but I will be sure never to forget her now. I love that I continue to find people or places that are relevant to my life right now, that have some relationship with Homeopathy.
“The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls”. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1890
woman with a voice ~ Dani
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