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Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, in The Encyclopedia Americana
1920
A 1920 encyclopedia entry summarizing Elizabeth Cady Stanton's life and career as a reformer.
This encyclopedia entry summarizes Stanton's life, education, marriage, and decades of reform work.
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What it is
This is an entry on Elizabeth Cady Stanton from The Encyclopedia Americana, published in 1920 by the Encyclopedia Americana Corporation in New York.
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Written shortly after Stanton's death, this entry summarizes her education, marriage, and decades-long campaign for equal rights, including education, suffrage, property rights, and divorce law reform. It reflects how encyclopedias of the time recorded and shaped her public legacy.
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