Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century. She was the main force behind the 1848 Sene
Stanton, c. 1880, age 65
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter, Harriot
The Stanton house in Seneca Falls
Lucretia Mott
Seneca Falls Convention
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The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. Its organizers advertised it as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". Held in t
Signers of the Declaration of Sentiments at Seneca Falls in order: Lucretia Coffin Mott is on top of the list
This mahogany tea table was used on July 16, 1848, to compose much of the first draft of the Declaration of Sentiments.
James and Lucretia Mott
Gerrit Smith made woman suffrage a plank in the Liberty Party platform on June 14–15, 1848.