Read the excerpt from Eighty Years and More.
As my father's [law] office joined the house, I spent there much of my time, when out of school, listening to the clients stating their cases, talking with the students, and reading the laws in regard to women In our Scotch neighborhood many men still retained the old . . . ideas of women and property.
What was the effect of Stanton’s father moving his office into the family’s home?
Stanton was given the opportunity to learn more about the gender inequality in the law.
Stanton became friends with the men and women whom her father and his lawyers helped.
Stanton was often bothered by having to listen to lawyers in the office discuss different legal issues.
Stanton had continued conflict with her father over their conflicting views about the law.