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She was born in Johnstown, NY in 1815

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She graduated from Emma Willard's Seminary, Troy, NY

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Married Henry B. Stanton

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Moved from Boston, Mass., to Seneca Falls, N.Y

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Organized the first woman's rights convention at Seneca Falls, N.Y.

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Coauthored the Declaration of Sentiments, modeled on the Declaration of Independence, which included the demand for voting rights for women

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Met Susan B. Anthony; enlisted her in woman's rights cause

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With Susan B. Anthony and others founded the Women's New York State Temperance Society

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With Susan B. Anthony and others founded the Women's Loyal National League to agitate for the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ending slavery

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Petitioned Congress for universal suffrage
First female candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives

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Joint editor with Parker Pillsbury of the weekly Revolution

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Cofounder, with Susan B. Anthony, and first president of the National Woman Suffrage Association to agitate for a 16th Amendment that would outlaw disfranchisement on account of sex; provided leadership of NWSA (usually as president) until its merger in 1890 with the American Woman Suffrage Association

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15th Amendment outlawing disfranchisement "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude" was ratified

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Supreme Court decided in Minor v. Happersett that female citizens were not legally entitled to vote