<Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> Gerrit Smith, cousin Col. James Livingston, grandfather </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Signature </Th> </Tr> <P> Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12, 1815--October 26, 1902) was an American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement . Her Declaration of Sentiments, presented at the Seneca Falls Convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, is often credited with initiating the first organized women's rights and women's suffrage movements in the United States . Stanton was president of the National Woman Suffrage Association from 1892 until 1900 . </P> <P> Before Stanton narrowed her political focus almost exclusively to women's rights, she was an active abolitionist with her husband Henry Brewster Stanton (co-founder of the Republican Party) and cousin Gerrit Smith . Unlike many of those involved in the women's rights movement, Stanton addressed various issues pertaining to women beyond voting rights . Her concerns included women's parental and custody rights, property rights, employment and income rights, divorce, the economic health of the family, and birth control . She was also an outspoken supporter of the 19th - century temperance movement . </P>

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