Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 19 July

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 19 July In 1848 on this day, the Seneca Falls Convention began. This was the first women’s rights convention, conceived of and organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. The two women had gone to London to attend the World Anti-Slavery Convention but were refused seats because they were female. The convention was called “to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition […]

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This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 3 January 2012

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 3 January 2012 On this day in 1777, the Battle of Princeton was fought. On 1 January, Cornwallis led his forces toward Trenton, although he was delayed a day by a series of attacks at the hands of Colonel Edward Hand. Cornwallis was confident they had Washington’s troops at hand as he could see the burning campfires in the Continental camp through the […]

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