We Will Accomplish Wonders

In pursuit of women’s rights, Elizabeth Cady Stanton developed a network that included some of the most famous reformers in American history. Frederick Douglass, Lucretia Coffin Mott and her sister Martha Coffin Wright, William Lloyd Garrison, and most prominently Susan B. Anthony all visited here. In 1857, Stanton beckoned Anthony to Seneca Falls, promising, “We will accomplish wonders.” Anthony challenged and inspired Stanton to new efforts and new methods, to “do or dare anything.” Stanton gave speeches, wrote for local and national newspapers, adopted the Bloomer Costume, and planned conventions and suffrage drives. In 1860, Stanton achieved a major victory when New York State passed a new law significantly enhancing women’s rights. Still, much remained to be done, and Stanton and Anthony pursued the cause relentlessly.

Seneca Falls, New York · United States