Nov. 12 is the birth date of Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The Forty-Ninth State Fellows of the UAA Honors College call the attention of the University community to the birth date of women's rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Nov. 12, 1815-Oct. 26, 1902).

In July 1848, she helped organize the first women's rights convention in the U.S. at Seneca Falls, New York, at which she presented a "Declaration of Sentiments," modeled on the U.S. Declaration of Independence, including the line, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. . ."

After the Civil War, Stanton worked with Susan B. Anthony, writing and touring in support of women's equality. Today, an Adelaide Johnson statue in the U.S. Capitol rotunda commemorates their work.