Page 1 The right of suffrage, is simply the right to protect one’s freedom, and property by law. It is a natural right, hence I ask it for the women of the Republic. Elizabeth Cady Stanton New York Feb 13th 1874. _____________________ Page 2 [typed transcript] Alma Lutz Collection The right of suffrage, is simply the right to protect one’s freedom, and property by law. It is a national right, hence I ask it for the women of the Republic. Elizabeth Cady Stanton New York Feb 13th 1874.