Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

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1. A reformer and feminist who joined with Lucretia Mott in issuing the call for the first women's rights convention in America, which was held at Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. Stanton later worked in close partnership with Susan B. Anthony for women's suffrage. (See Seneca Falls Convention.)

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Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, refused admission to anti-slavery congress, 5, 6. introduces woman’s suffrage resolution, 7.

From The Modern Woman's Rights Movement A Historical Survey by Kaethe Schirmacher

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 564 States: disorders under Articles of Confederation, 141 constitutions, federal limits on, 155 position after Civil War, 366f.

From History of the United States by Charles A. (Charles Austin) Beard