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| | Stanton, Elizabeth Cady Biography | aaw_02_package.xml |
 | | Stanton was born to a prominent family in Johnstown, New York, on November 12, 1815. |
 | | Stanton penned the Declaration of Sentiments, modeled on the Declaration of Independence, that stated "that all men and women are created equal." In the document, Stanton demanded women's right to higher education and to professions then closed to them, more liberal divorce laws, property rights for married women, and women's suffrage. |
 | | Stanton died at her home in New York on October 16, 1902, well before the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. |
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