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Born in Johnstown, New York
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Elizabeth went to school in her teens.Graduated from Johnstown
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Sh graduated from Troy Female Seminary
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Married an abolitionist lecturer Henry Stanton and had 7 children
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Elizabeth and Lucretia Mott were angered at the exlusion of all women and vowed to hold the first Women's Rights Convention
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Held at Seneca Falls, New York
Wrote "Declaration of Sentiments" wanting changes in law and society to elevate women's status and demanding the right to vote
Those present signed the petition for the New York Married Women's Property Act -
They quickly collaborated on speeches, articles and books
Their partnership dominated the Women's Rights Movment in half a century
Founded the National Womens Suffrage Association -
Elizabeth and Susan B. Anthony led this confrence
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After Elizabeth spoke to the New York legislature, they gave more rights to the law and becoming the Married Women's Property Law of 1848.
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Elizabeth helps Susan campaign the AERA advertising the the right to vote for African Americans and women.
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Elizabeth and Susan publish The Revolution, a women's rights paper, with Elizabeth as the main writer and editor, and Susan as publisher and business manager. Though the paper was a financial failure, it was a political success, giving them a place to voice their opinions.
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The speech was delivered at the Philladephia Centennial
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Elizabeth wrote three volumes of History of Womens Suffrage
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NWSA and AWSA (American Women's Suffrage Association) merge to form the National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA), so that the forces for women's suffrage were not divided, and voting could eventually be achieved.
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Eighteen years later women got the right to vote
