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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

1815 - 1902

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (née Cady; November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902) was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century. She was the main force behind the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, the first convention to be called for the sole purpose of discussing women's rights, and was the primary author of its Declaration of Sentiments. Her demand for women's right to vote generated a controversy at the convention but quickly became a central tenet of the women's movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elizabeth Cady Stanton has received more than 2,521,496 page views. Her biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Elizabeth Cady Stanton is the 1,847th most popular writer (up from 1,909th in 2019), the 2,319th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,477th in 2019) and the 205th most popular American Writer.

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Notable Works

History of woman suffrage
Women, Suffrage, History
1881
Eighty years and more (1815-1897)
History, Suffragists, Suffrage
1898
The woman's Bible
Bible, Commentaries, Feminist criticism
1895
Solitude of self
Women, Individualism, Legal status, laws
1910
Eighty years and more
History, Suffragists, Feminism
Eighty Years and More, is an autobiography of Stanton. Elizabeth Cady Stanton is something of an unsung hero in the history of the feminist movement. Though she is still primarily known as an advocate of women’s suffrage and is closely linked to the better known Susan B. Anthony, Stanton was shunned by many of her fellow suffragists because her ideas seem too radical and because many were disturbed by her barely Deist view of religion. Over a century after her death, modern feminists tend to overlook Stanton in favor of Anthony, while remembering that Stanton enjoyed taking on the traditional 19th century gender roles of being the mother of a large family and remaining devoted to her husband throughout her life. And while Anthony’s comments about abortion are still fiercely debated by pro-life and pro-choice crowds, Stanton held conservative views toward abortion. It’s clear that Elizabeth Cady Stanton was very much her own woman, certainly a fitting description that she would not have wanted any other way. Though she is not as well known or fondly remembered as her closest counterpart, Stanton preceded Anthony as an advocate of women’s rights. It was Stanton who issued the Declaration of Sentiments at the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848, touching off the organized movement that worked toward suffrage and equality. At the same time, Stanton was an ardent abolitionist, and she focused on progressive issues like custody rights, divorce, women’s property rights, employment issues, and even birth control.
1971
History of Women Suffrage
1911

Page views of Elizabeth Cady Stantons by language

Over the past year Elizabeth Cady Stanton has had the most page views in the with 202,863 views, followed by Spanish (17,916), and French (7,611). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Croatian (229.63%), Malagasy (136.36%), and Min Nan (76.03%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elizabeth Cady Stanton ranks 1,847 out of 7,302. Before her are May Ziade, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Feng Menglong, Edmond Jabès, Hipponax, and Paul Gerhardt. After her are Caecilius Statius, Thomas Keneally, Mustafa Balel, Cesare Zavattini, Per Wahlöö, and Zinaida Gippius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Elizabeth Cady Stanton ranks 22. Before her are Ernest Meissonier, Giuseppina Strepponi, Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Andreas Achenbach, Constantin von Tischendorf, and Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha. After her are Princess Elisabeth of Prussia, Anthony Trollope, Eugène Marin Labiche, Andrew Graham, Wilhelm Peters, and Horace Wells. Among people deceased in 1902, Elizabeth Cady Stanton ranks 24. Before her are John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Albert Bierstadt, Frederick Abel, Masaoka Shiki, Charles Dow, and Friedrich Alfred Krupp. After her are Adolf Kussmaul, Jan Gotlib Bloch, Imre Steindl, Prudente de Morais, Thomas Nast, and Jules Dalou.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elizabeth Cady Stanton ranks 2,319 out of 20,380. Before her are Tonya Harding (1970), Garrett Morgan (1877), Peter Graves (1926), Shannen Doherty (1971), Leland Stanford (1824), and Emma Stone (1988). After her are Marshall Sahlins (1930), Myrna Loy (1905), Steve Vai (1960), Louis E. Brus (1943), Martin Chalfie (1947), and Kenny Loggins (1948).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Elizabeth Cady Stanton ranks 205. Before her are Joseph D. Pistone (1939), Betty Friedan (1921), Agnes Smedley (1892), Frederik Pohl (1919), Stephen Crane (1871), and Rick Riordan (1964). After her are Anne Sexton (1928), William Moulton Marston (1893), Paul Goodman (1911), James Ellroy (1948), Johnston McCulley (1883), and Chuck Palahniuk (1962).

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