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Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in Johnstown, New York on October 26, 1815.
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Elizabeth married abolitionist Henry B. Stanton in 1840. They spent their honeymoon at the World Anti-slavery convention in London.
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Elizabeth planned a convention which took place in Seneca Falls, New York. It set the agenda for the women's rights movement that followed.
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Over 1,000 participants attended.
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Elizabeth and Susan lead the Women's State Temperance Society
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After Elizabeth's speech to the New York legislature, the New York Married Women's Property Law of 1848 gives them more rights
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Elizabeth and Susan help establish American Equal Rights Association, which was to get voting rights for African Americans and women.
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Stanton and Anthony began publishing the Revolution.
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Elizabeth writes and submits the NWSA's proposed amendment. Submitted to the U.S. Senate, it would be brought up at evey Congress session for the next 40 years
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First three volumes of the History of Women's Suffrage are edited by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth.
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Elizabeth delivers "Solitude of Self" speech as she steps down from President of NAWSA. Susan B. Anthony assumes the office.
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Elizabeth edits the first volume of "The Woman's Bible" along with a committe of women who interpret biblical passages that degrade women.
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Elizabeth dies on October 26, 1902 just prior to her 87th birthday.
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Fourteen years after Susan B. Anthony's death, the 19th amendment allowed women to vote, as of August 26. Over eight million American women voted for the first time.