Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a writer, suffragist, women's rights activist and abolitionist, along with Susan B. Anthony, Stanton fueled the movement for women’s suffrage. She was married to Henry Brewster Stanton.
Stansell present Elizabeth Cady Stanton's character through the description of her actions, that are subject to Henry's criticism due Henry's disagreement with the notion of female suffrage and other issues that Elizabeth was advocated to.