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 * Elizabeth Cady Stanton**



===**//Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) was born in Johnstown, New York. Elizabeth is the 8th out of 11 children. Elizabeth attended Troy Female Seminary Which she had the best education available to women. Her parents are Margaret Livingston Cady and Daniel Cady. Daniel Cady was a New York Supreme judge, Elizabeth became a Feminist after hearing her father inform abused women that they had no legal alternative but to endure mistreatment from their father and husband. Elizabeth Cady married the abolitionist leader Henry B. Stanton in 1840. Her husband didn't really approved of her ambitions, he was not wealthy at all and at the time she remained home with her five children for a couple of years. Remaining home with her children gave her time to focus on writing and speaking for the feminist cause.//**===

====Stanton was also composed a declaration of principles, that described the history of mankind as one. **//Elizabeth Cady Stanton was very interested in the discrimination and legal restriction of women and African Americans. Elizabeth was the first president of the National woman Suffrage Association. Elizabeth drafted the Seneca Falls Convention. Seneca Falls Convention is a major meeting that she held debating the issue of womans rights. Elizabeth also has written for periodicals and has co-authored the History of Women Suffrage and The Woman's Bible//**====

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===//**Elizabeth Cady Stanton died 17 years before the Women’s Suffrage Amendment was passed in 1919. This Amendment would have not passed without Elizabeth's actions. Without Elizabeth Cady Stanton, women would not have the same equal rights as men, today. Elizabeth Cady Stanton stood up and fought for her rights as a woman during a time when women were looked down upon and laughed at for wanting the same rights as men. Stanton and Women's Suffrage is in every New York State US History Regent, and is required for every student to be familiar with today. **//===

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