Anthony- Stanton - Douglas

The Working Woman"s Association

     The Working Woman"s movement in the city is already assuming an importance unlooked
for the few who met together searce one month since in the office of the "The Revolution" to
discuss the necessity of doing something for the protection of woman's labor.
     A Working Woman"s Association was organized by Susan B. Anthony, Which now numbers over two hundred members. They are to meet once a month to devise ways and means to open to
themselves new and more profitable employments, that thus by decreasing the numbers in the few
avocations now open to women, they can decrease the supply and raise the wages of those who remain.  They propose, also to demand an increase of wages in all those trades where they now work, beside
men for half pay. This can only be done by combination, for one person alone demanding higher wages can effect nothing, but 5,000 women in any one employment, striking for higher wages, would  speedily bring their employers to terms.

     One of Miss Anthony's most cherished plans is to have magnificent printing establishment, and
a daily paper, owned and controlled and all the work done by woman, thus giving employment to hundreds and making the world ring with a new evangel for women.

Elizabeth Cody Stanton   pages 105-106     November 5, 1865

    This passage is specifically about the equality of the woman, in all aspects of society.  I don't think
you can separate the two. They were very good friends, who shared the same intensity for this equality.
Both of them heavily influenced by Thoreau.

I picked this because it coincides with our lectures, and the learning of philosophy. We get a different
perspective on our own opinions after learning of the struggles of others, which include not just rhetoric but actions.  Each of this persons gave more than lip service.

Frederick Douglas

    Tremendous orator, who was a staunch advocator for he rights of slaves.  Synonymous with the plight of Anthony and Stanton, understood the difficulty in addressing the problems of equality of the slave.  Each one having learned of Thoreau, and used his practices for advancement.  I see the similarities in all three, with all having basically the same qualities.