Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Elizabeth Cady (1815-1892). A leading advocate of woman suffrage. Elizabeth Cady was the daughter of a New York lawyer, a member of Congress. She was born at Johnstown, and was educated in a local academy. She married Henry B. Stanton, a pronounced abolitionist. While in England attending an anti-slavery meeting, Mrs. Stanton become acquainted with Lucretia Mott. The first woman suffragist convention held in America was called to order by Mrs. Stanton at Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. Mrs. Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were co-workers in reform movements. Mrs. Stanton's acknowledged social grace and pleasing qualities as a speaker and presiding officer gave her a large place in women's orzanizations. See Anthony; Willard; Woman Suffrage