Question

Which early women’s rights advocate organized the Seneca Falls Convention and wrote the Declaration of Sentiments that was adopted at the convention?

a) Susan B. Anthony
b) Carrie Chapman Catt
c) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d) Harriot Eaton Stanton

Answer

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Additional Information

Elizabeth Cady Stanton is well-known for her work for women’s rights. Lesser-known women were among many social activists. Carrie Chapman Catt served as president of the National American Women Suffrage Association. Harriot Eaton Stanton, daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, recruited working class women into the suffrage movement.

Prizes

• Mancino’s $10 Gift Certificate
• AND, donated by Friends of Carnegie Library the book “Women of Discovery” by Milbry Polk and Mary Tiegreen

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