Born November 12, 1815
Johnstown, New York
Died October 26, 1902
New York, New York

Women’s rights activist, feminist philosopher, and writer

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a visionary leader of the women’s rights movement of the nineteenth century. While raising seven children, Stanton distinguished herself as a writer, speaker, philosopher, and political organizer. At a time when women were supposed to live in the shadows of their husbands or fathers, Stanton took very public stands for women’s voting rights, the right of women to obtain divorces, women’s property rights, temperance (the banning of alcohol), birth control, and dress reform. Stanton was a cofounder of the 1848 Seneca Falls convention for women’s rights—a gathering that ushered in the modern women’s rights movement. Stanton was ahead of her time in calling for full equality between the sexes...