Who We Are...

We are a Non-profit organization dedicated to  honoring the life & legacy of Elizabeth Cady Stanton...
INCORPORATORS           
Nancy Baird Brown
Debra A. Kolsrud
Lori Salamack

Graphic Design:
Kate Ehle
Linda Hinkle

Newsletter:
Lindsay Hinkle

Sunflower Shoppe Volunteer Manager:
Sandy Fiesinger

Website and Social Media:
Lauren Draus​
Incorporation:

Three women incorporated this organization in June 2008 with the intention to honor the life and legacy of Elizabeth Cady Stanton through community service and educational activities, and building a membership who will support the organization’s goals, objectives and bylaws. 
Current Board of Directors

ECSHA OFFICERS
Co-Chairs:  
Nancy Brown
Bonnie Valachovic
Vice Chair:
Jennifer Gardella
Secretary:
Anne Campos
Treasurer:
Barbara  H. Taylor
Anne Niles

BOARD MEMBERS
Beth Haggerty
Lindsay Hinkle
Anne Niles

Objectives...

  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton Hometown Association Objectives 
  • Offer a venue in the historical setting of Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s hometown as a focal point for learning about her life for promotion of the ideals and issues raised by her and the suffrage movement, past, present and future. 
  • Provide a hometown forum for speakers and conferences related to the edification and understanding of the life's work of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and other women of vision.
  • Provide a forum to engage in discussions about suffrage and democratic principles advocating equal rights for all, including dissenting opinions to the status quo.
  • Encourage discussion and research related to the historical work of suffragists; 19th century and contemporary gender discrimination; and, disproportionate representation in the workplace and government.
  •  Promote an understanding of the 19th century life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton through encouraging activities, conferences and tours that convey her experiences in her hometown and the surrounding region. 
  • Foster charitable outreach on behalf of women of all ages.
  • Promote ad hoc discussions of the literary merit and rhetorical style of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's writings, particularly her speeches, as well as other female authors. Incorporators: Nancy Baird Brown, Debra A. Kolsrud and Laurice Salamack Incorporation approved by the New York Secretary of State on June 13, 2008.
Why Sunflowers?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, using the pseudonym “Sunflower,” wrote articles for The Lily, the first newspaper for women.  The paper, issued from 1849 until 1853, was edited by Amelia Bloomer, of “Bloomer costume” fame.  Initially, Elizabeth wrote about temperance, child-bearing and education.  But before long she was writing about
women’s rights and laws unfair to women, demanding change.
The sunflower, the Kansas state flower was also used in Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony's 1867 campaign in Kansas in support of full women's suffrage. After Kansas suffragists used the sunflower in the campaign, yellow, along with white and purple became the symbolic colors of the national women's suffrage movement.
 Women campaigning for "Votes for Women"  wore yellow ribbons, buttons and sashes.

Bylaws
BY-LAWS of ELIZABETH CADY STANTON HOMETOWN ASSOCIATION, INC.