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Elizabeth Cady Stanton Live Presentation  

A live one-woman presentation enacting Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Her Life and Times, will be presented by the Rev. Dr. Barbara Schlachter, Associate Rector of Christ Episcopal Church, 220 40th St., NE, Cedar Rapids, on Sunday, March 13 at 7 p.m. Stanton has been called the grand old woman of America. The presentation is in honor of Women’s History Month, and includes 19th century piano music played by Betty Debban. A reception follows.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were in their time the preeminent advocates of women's rights, especially women's right to vote. Active as a reformer principally in the United States, Stanton also gained an international following.

Schlachter has been refining this presentation since first presenting it for a state-wide convention last fall. “There are some interesting ties to Iowa that I have discovered. And I wanted to add them to the program,” she says.

Stanton was also an active participant in many of the reform movements of her day, from temperance and dress reform to antislavery and labor organizing. As a proponent of women's rights, she protested the exclusion of women from juries, unequal pay, and laws that gave husbands ownership of their wives and children. She advocated coeducation, the rights of married women to their property and wages, women's control of their own bodies, and their right to divorce.

“Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the 19th century’s most influential women and a pioneer in the women’s rights movement,” says Schlachter. “Her depth of spirit and keen insight make her a woman for our own time as well.”

There is no fee, but a free-will donation for Heart of Iowa will be collected.

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