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Equality of Rights: A Conversation with Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Adults)

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Actress Betsey Means portrays Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a prominent American suffragist and leader of the women's rights movement in the 19th century.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) was an American social activist and leading figure of the early woman’s movement. Her Declaration of Sentiments, presented at the first women’s rights convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, is often credited with initiating the first organized woman’s rights and woman’s suffrage movements in the United States.

Stanton used her brilliance, insightfulness, and eloquence to advocate for many important issues pertaining to women beyond voting rights.  Her concerns included women's parental and custody rights, property rights, employment and income rights, divorce laws, the economic health of the family, and birth control.  She was also an outspoken supporter of the 19th century temperance movement.

A prolific author whose works include Solitude of Self and The Woman's Bible, Stanton once wrote that "the prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history."

WomanLore offers one-woman performances adapted directly from journals, autobiographies, and personal writings. Audiences enjoy a complete theatrical experience, authentically costumed and accurately evoking a bygone era. Betsey Means is a professional actress who has performed with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare on the Green, Blue Rider Theatre, and Chicago Children's Theatre, among other groups. 

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