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Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Racist?
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On Saturday, February 29 at 2:00 pm the public is invited to hear Dr. Laura Free, Associate Professor of History at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, present “Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Racist?” How do we deal with the complicated history of racism in the woman suffrage movement? How can we recognize the milestone accomplishments of the early feminists, while also holding them accountable for their harmful elitist views? This talk grapples with the complicated race- and gender-politics Elizabeth Cady Stanton engaged in in the 1860s, exploring how her racism informed her feminism. It seeks to contextualize her actions within her contemporary political moment, as well as to recognize and bring to light the troubling racism of one of the founding foremothers of American women’s rights activism.
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