The Role Of Elizabeth Cady Stanton In Women's Rights

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton also played an important role in women’s rights. Elizabeth was born November 12th, 1815. Her father was a judge and lawyer, and after she returned from the Troy Female Seminary in New York in 1833, she spent time in his office and watched how he dealt with cases. Seeing women suffrage and discrimination, she wanted to change laws. She became involved with the antislavery movement. In 1840 she traveled to London with her husband, Henry Stanton, to attend the World Anti-Slavery Convention. There she met Lucretia Mott. The convention refused to consider women as delegates. Elizabeth and Lucretia were angered. They decided to have a women’s rights convention when they returned to America. They carried through with their plan

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