Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Founder of the Women's Suffrage Movement

Elizabeth Cady Stanton can be called many things: writer, suffragist, activist, and abolitionist But first and foremost she was a woman who sought equal rights for every citizen in the United States. Perhaps best known for her participation in the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, her lifetime of work would later make her an influential figure in legal reform as well as gender and societal roles. Learn about her remarkable life and why she is a hero for women everywhere.