ELIZABETH CADY STANTONBy Abby Emerson and Shannon McGuire

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EARLY LIFE

Born in Johnstown, New York Attended Johnstown Academy Daughter of lawyer Daniel Cady Graduated from Emma Willard’s Troy Female

Seminary Then entered world of social reform Worked with Gerrit Smith Married Henry Stanton in 1840

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Promoting Woman’s Rights (Woman Suffrage) Men and women should be created equal Targeted laws of marrige, children, and

divorce Society had become distorted Women wanted higher education,

individuality, right to solitude, freedom, and the pursuit of happiness

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CONTRIBUTIONS Became speaker of women’s rights Seneca Falls Convention Wrote Declaration of Sentiments Met Susan B. Anthony in 1850 Civil war concentrated on slavery Formed National Woman Suffrage Assiciation

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EFFECTS OF CONTRIBUTIONS

Inspiration to other women Higher education Recognized as individuals Recognized as equal to men Stanton became a symbol for American

Delagation

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LATER WORKS

Invited to New York legislature The Woman’s Bible History of woman Suffrage Eighty Years and More Declaration of Rights of Women Died on October 26, 1902

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