Cady Stanton aimed to change the fact that women may run for public office despite being unable to vote. She was the first woman to run as an independent from New York for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1866. When she declared her intention to run, she was aware that she was breaking new ground. She wrote in a letter, "My creed is free speech, free press, free men, and free trade—the cardinal points of democracy. We have no political precedents to recommend for your support."
She only earned 24 of the 12,000 votes cast, which may have been a reflection of the fact that women were not allowed to vote, but her fearless campaign undoubtedly encouraged others. Victoria Woodhull ran for president for the first time six years later. It wasn’t until 1916 that a woman, Rep. Jeannette Rankin of Montana, was elected to Congress.
Her father wished she had been a boy
She spent her honeymoon at an anti slavery convention
Cady Stanton attended an epic tea party
Tea party, which led to the first woman's rights convention in America
She opposed the 15th amendment
She ran for congress
She wrote the bestselling critique of christianity
She believed bikes would liberate women
She tried to donate her brain to science
