The Political Thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 1902) was not only one of the most important leaders of the nineteenth century womens rights movement but was also the movements principal philosopher. Her ideas both drew from and challenged the conventions that so severely constrained womens choices and excluded them from public life. In The Political Thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sue Davis argues that Cady Stantons work