USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, pioneers of the Women’s Rights Movement, 1891. Perhaps the most well-known women’s rights activist in history, Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820, to a Quaker family in Massachusetts.

Detailed explanation-2: -The movement begins In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first convention regarding women’s rights in the United States. Called the Seneca Falls Convention, the event in Seneca Falls, New York, drew over 300 people, mostly women.

Detailed explanation-3: -The National Woman Suffrage Association was established in 1869 with the stated goal of winning the right to vote for women through a Constitutional amendment. This group, which conducted a convention each year for 50 years following its founding, was led by Anthony and Stanton.

Detailed explanation-4: -Author, lecturer, and chief philosopher of the woman’s rights and suffrage movements, Elizabeth Cady Stanton formulated the agenda for woman’s rights that guided the struggle well into the 20th century.