Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Address to the New York Legislature - Milestone Documents

Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Address to the New York Legislature

( 1854 ) Commentary by Marcia B. Dinneen, Bridgewater State College

Glossary

caste a system of social class or position based on birth
common schools nineteenth-century American term for public schools
elective franchise the vote
Empire State the nickname of New York State, possibly acquired from President George Washington’s statement that New York was the “seat of the Empire”
fain gladly
gamester gambler
savans variation of savants, or wise and knowing persons

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