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August 2020 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Sojourner Truth Will Be Honored with a Statue in Central Park

Monumental Women, a not for profit, focused on “breaking the bronze ceiling and creating the first statue of real women in Central Park’s 166-year history” will unveil the first project on August 26, 2020. The work is a sculpture of women’s rights leaders, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The sculptor is Meredith Bergmann.

In addition to the Central Park statue, Monumental Women is pushing for the creation of a New York City Women’s Rights Trail throughout all five boroughs.

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New York Giants of History: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

https://wamcpodcasts.org/podcast/the-womens-rights-movement-from-seneca-falls-to-today/

The second episode of A New York Minute In History explores the impact of women’s rights activists such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Carrie Champan Catt, Harriot Stanton Blatch, Lucrieta Mott and Margaret Sanger. To learn more about the Women’s Rights Movement in New York and beyond, visit the New York State Museum’s online exhibit “Votes For Women.”

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Ken Burns Documentary “Not For Ourselves Alone”

“About the Film

Two women. One allegiance. Together they fought for women everywhere, and their strong willpower and sheer determination still ripples through contemporary society.

Recount the trials, tribulations and triumphs of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony as they strive to give birth to the women’s movement. Not until their deaths was their shared vision of women’s suffrage realized.”

More here and video clips.

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History Chicks Podcast on Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The Declaration of Sentiments (1848)

Episode 36: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“Before there were suffragists to march and fight for the vote, there was Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Before she teamed up with another superhero for women’s rights, Elizabeth was a daughter, a sister, a wife, and a mother. Then, one warm summer day in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York she stood up, gave her first public speech and helped to start a movement.” More here.