flag female ancestor  Elizabeth  CADY

  (b. 12 November 1815 Johnstown, New York, USA   d. 26 October 1902 Manhattan, New York, USA )  

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Elizabeth CADY was born 12 November 1815 in Johnstown, New York, USA

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Elizabeth CADY died 26 October 1902 in Manhattan, New York, USA .





daughter of Daniel Cady and Margaret Livingston Cady


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birth1815 Birth
12 November 1815
Johnstown, New York, USA
Biography
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a trailblazing figure in the 19th-century women's rights movement in the United States. Born on November 12, 1815, in Johnstown, New York, she came from a family with a strong commitment to social issues. Her father, Daniel Cady, was a prominent lawyer and judge, which provided Elizabeth with access to education and intellectual stimulation that many women of her time didn't have.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton's early experiences exposed her to the disparities between men and women in terms of education, legal rights, and social standing. She attended Emma Willard's Troy Female Seminary, where she received a strong education despite the limited opportunities for women in higher learning during that era.

In 1840, she married Henry Brewster Stanton, an abolitionist and journalist. The couple shared progressive views and attended the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London in 1840. However, Elizabeth and other women were denied participation in the convention...Read MORE...


NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
death1902 Death
26 October 1902
Manhattan, New York, USA

She died at the age of 87.


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