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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 – 1902) was an American social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement. Her Declaration of Sentiments, presented at the Seneca Falls Convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, is often credited with initiating the first organized women's rights and women's suffrage movements in the United States. Unlike many of those involved in the women's rights movement, Stanton addressed various issues pertaining to women beyond voting rights. Her concerns included women's parental and custody rights, property rights, employment and income rights, divorce, the economic health of the family, and birth control. She was also an outspoken supporter of the 19th-century temperance movement.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a prominent American suffragist, and social activist in the 19th century. Stanton was one of the leading figures of the early women's rights movement and she served as president of the National Woman Suffrage Association from 1892 to 1900. Stanton was also a well-known writer and her most famous work is The Woman's Bible. In The Woman's Bible, Stanton challenged the religious tradition that women should be subservient to men. Stanton placed an emphasis on self-development. The book became a bestseller even though it was highly controversial and many of Stanton's fellow women's rights activists opposed it.
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