The shared experiences of William Lloyd Garrison and Elisabeth Cady Stanton are too numerous to recount in a paper such as this However, as a means to highlight some of the more obvious experiences and departures the following will address their shared common goals and points of divergence. Though linked strongly the womens suffrage movement and abolition of slavery were two distinct social-political goals of the 19th century.
William Lloyd Garrison, somewhat radically, called for the immediate end of slavery whereas, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, though an abolitionist herself, had been focused on womens issues, such as equality under the law and society. They both shared the common desire to see equality and basic humans rights shared with all of the underprivileged. However, this desire, belies their background, which did differ if not in content at least in class.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, had been born into a family, which today might be described as middle class. Stantons father, who had been an attorney, without a doubt infused some of the legal mindedness which she took into her fight for equality. Contrasting her early childhood with that of William Lloyd Garrison, who had been born to an immigrant family, it is clear that though they shared common goals and sentiments, they were speaking from different class backgrounds.
In addition to their differing economic backgrounds, a point of contrast most striking is how they differed in reaction to the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the US constitution. Elisabeth Cady Stanton actively lobbied against their ratification, believing that the fight for the abolition of slavery and for womens suffrage where inextricable linked. In contrast to this, William Lloyd Garrison, reacted by trying to close down the political organization, saying, My vocation as an Abolitionist thank God has ended.
These two figures deserve a much more in-depth review, and unquestionably have enough in their respective backgrounds to provide such an endeavor. It is unfortunately beyond the scope of this short essay. The fact that they had common goals, both in the abstract and reality is clear by the very causes they fought for. The society they envisioned, the Just society differed in semantics and not in substance. If either or both of them were able to see society today, they would surly perceive that their works and hard fought battles were not in vain.
William Lloyd Garrison, somewhat radically, called for the immediate end of slavery whereas, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, though an abolitionist herself, had been focused on womens issues, such as equality under the law and society. They both shared the common desire to see equality and basic humans rights shared with all of the underprivileged. However, this desire, belies their background, which did differ if not in content at least in class.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, had been born into a family, which today might be described as middle class. Stantons father, who had been an attorney, without a doubt infused some of the legal mindedness which she took into her fight for equality. Contrasting her early childhood with that of William Lloyd Garrison, who had been born to an immigrant family, it is clear that though they shared common goals and sentiments, they were speaking from different class backgrounds.
In addition to their differing economic backgrounds, a point of contrast most striking is how they differed in reaction to the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the US constitution. Elisabeth Cady Stanton actively lobbied against their ratification, believing that the fight for the abolition of slavery and for womens suffrage where inextricable linked. In contrast to this, William Lloyd Garrison, reacted by trying to close down the political organization, saying, My vocation as an Abolitionist thank God has ended.
These two figures deserve a much more in-depth review, and unquestionably have enough in their respective backgrounds to provide such an endeavor. It is unfortunately beyond the scope of this short essay. The fact that they had common goals, both in the abstract and reality is clear by the very causes they fought for. The society they envisioned, the Just society differed in semantics and not in substance. If either or both of them were able to see society today, they would surly perceive that their works and hard fought battles were not in vain.
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