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U.S. History - E.C. Stanton Essay

Finally, the fact that Stanton completely supported interracial marriage only further demonstrates that her opposition to the 14th and 15th amendments was not a rejection of her ethical stance on civil rights for African-Americans or racial equality. Criticisms of Religion and the Women's Bible:

Stanton was strongly ethically opposed to the subservient position of women in the way they were represented in the Bible and, therefore, she also opposed the manner in which women were relegated to second-class status throughout the modern institution of Christianity (Kern, 2001). Toward the end of inspiring religious reform that rectified the situation, Stanton authored and promoted a revisionist edition of the New Testament that provided alternate biblical interpretations more consistent with equality in general and feminism in particular.

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Her public speeches included "The Bible and Woman's Rights" in which she further elucidated the fundamental moral issues that she believed detracted from the objective moral basis of both the Bible and Christianity as practiced in her time (Kern, 2001). Whereas Stanton's strategic objective on the female suffrage issue required tactics that contradicted her ethical beliefs about racial equality and equal rights, that was not the case with regard to her campaign against sexism in Christianity. References Baker, J.H. (2005). Sisters: The Lives of America's Suffragists. New York: Hill and Wang.
Kern, K. (2001). Mrs. Stanton's Bible. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

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References Baker, J.H. (2005). Sisters: The Lives of America's Suffragists. New York: Hill and Wang.

Kern, K. (2001). Mrs. Stanton's Bible. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
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