few African-Americans involved in the women's movement at the beginning. In a speech at a women's rights convention in Ohio, she argued that as a slave, she proved she was just as capable as a man to do hard physical labor, so why wouldn't she be as capable of voting?
             When the civil war broke out, suffragists put aside their cause to work for the Union. After the war, black men were given the vote but it was still denied to women. Many suffragists felt betrayed. They had worked on behalf of the abolitionists, then found a lack of support for their own cause. Stanton was disappointed and made it clear she didn't think men were capable of creating a stable government on their own. At a convention in Washington D.C. in 1868, she expressed her disdain for "the masculine element". She felt men had created a disorganized government and a violent and cruel society. By refusing the vote to women, they were forcing women to become dilutions of men and repressing the natural character of women. She argued that giving women the vote would help to maintain the natural equilibrium and provide better representation for the whole.
             In 1872, a radical suffragists went to the polls to vote in an election. This was a federal offense, and Anthony was arrested. She was tried in a federal court.
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