Stanton, Elizabeth Cady1815–1902.
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Tweet American feminist and social reformer. She helped organize the first women's rights convention, held in Seneca Falls, New York (1848), for which she wrote a declaration that proclaimed the equality of women and men. In 1869, she and Susan B. Anthony founded the National Woman Suffrage Association. (click for a larger image) Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
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American public official who served as US secretary of war (1862-1868). His dismissal by President Andrew Johnson and his subsequent refusal to leave office precipitated the impeachment of Johnson. |
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