Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a leading 19th-century American suffragist, abolitionist, and women's rights activist who helped organize the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls and co-authored its Declaration of Sentiments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abolitionist
feminist
human
orator
suffragist
women's rights activist
writer
advocatedFor legal equality for women
married women's property rights
reform of divorce laws
women's control over reproduction
women's right to vote
birthName Elizabeth Cady
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States
child Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch
closeCollaborator Susan B. Anthony
coAuthorOf Declaration of Sentiments
History of Woman Suffrage
The Woman's Bible
coFounded National Woman Suffrage Association
coFounderWith Susan B. Anthony
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1815-11-12
dateOfDeath 1902-10-26
educatedAt Emma Willard School
familyName Stanton
father Daniel Cady
fullName Elizabeth Cady Stanton
givenName Elizabeth
knownFor advocacy for liberalized divorce laws
advocacy for women's access to higher education
advocacy for women's property rights
advocacy for women's suffrage
leading figure of early women's rights movement in the United States
language English
mother Margaret Livingston Cady
movement abolitionism in the United States
women's suffrage movement in the United States
notableWork Declaration of Sentiments
History of Woman Suffrage
The Woman's Bible
numberOfChildren 7
occupation activist
author
lecturer
organized Seneca Falls Convention
placeOfBirth Johnstown, New York, United States
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
politicalAlignment Republican Party (early association)
positionHeld president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association
president of the National Woman Suffrage Association
residence New York City, New York, United States
Seneca Falls, New York, United States
role primary author of the Declaration of Sentiments
principal organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention
spouse Henry Brewster Stanton
workPeriod late-19th century
mid-19th century


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