Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Born: November 12, 1815; Johnstown, New York
• Died: October 26, 1902; New York, New York
• I attended Johnstown Academy as a teenager; I studied Greek, Latin, and mathematics, which were normally subjects reserved for men. After I graduated, I attended the Troy Female Seminary.
• I married Henry Stanton, an abolitionist.
• I am a notable individual because I was the main author of the Declaration of Sentiments and organized the first women's right convention at Seneca Falls in New York.

Issues:

• I was involved in the temperance movement.
• I fought for women's rights.
• I was also an abolitionist.

I was inspired to began my struggle for the rights of women after male delegates at the International Anti- Slavery Convention denied women participation in the proceedings. My frustration caused me to organize the Seneca Falls Convention with my fellow women's rights activists.

Solutions:

• I founded the Woman's State Temperance Society with Susan B. Anthony.
• I attended the International Anti-Slavery Convention in London.
• I organized the Seneca Falls Convention.
• I drafted the Declaration of Sentiments, which demanded equal treatment of women.

My fight for women's rights proved successful; my final resolutions outlined in the Declaration of Sentiments, including female suffrage, were eventually passed.

I share friendships and similar values with Susan B. Anthony and Lucretia Mott. However, I would not enjoy conversing with Charles Grandison Finney; his preaching frightened me and lead me to fear damnation.