Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Women's rights activist, feminist, editor, and writer. Born on November 12, 1815,  in Johnstown, New York. She was the daughter of a lawyer strongly preferred her brother . She graduated from the Emma Willard's Troy Female Seminary in 1832 and then was attracted to the abolitionist, temperance, and women's rights movements. During the Civil War Elizabeth Cady Stanton concentrated her efforts on abolishing slavery, but afterwards she became even more outspoken in promoting women suffrage. In 1868, she worked with Susan B. Anthony on the Revolution, a militant weekly paper. The two then formed the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) in 1869. She was the NWSA’s first president for 21 years.At that time the organization merged with another suffrage group to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Stanton served as the president of the new organization for two more years until she retired her position.She called for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving women the right to vote.