Read the excerpt from Eighty Years and More:
Reminiscences, 1815-1897.
Based on this excerpt, what can be stated about Elizabeth
Cady Stanton's achievements during her childhood?
So, as soon as we were dismissed, I ran down the hill,
rushed breathless into (my father's] office, laid the new
Greek Testament, which was my prize, on his table and
exclaimed: "There, I got it!" He took up the book, asked me
some questions about the class, the teachers, the
spectators, and evidently pleased, handed it back to me.
Then, while I stood looking and waiting for him to say
something which would show that he recognized the
equality of the daughter with the son, he kissed me on the
forehead and exclaimed, with a sigh, "Ah, you should have
been a boy."
Even though Stanton's achievements equaled those of a
boy, she was considered more accomplished because
she was a girl.
Because she proved that she could obtain the same
types of achievements, Stanton earned equality with
boys.
Because she was a girl, Stanton was unable to obtain
the same types of achievements as boys her age.
Even though Stanton's achievements equaled those of a
boy, she was considered less accomplished because
she was a girl.