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Noun

1. elizabeth cady stanton, stanton

United States suffragist and feminist; called for reform of the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality (1815-1902)

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1. 
ˈEdwin McMasters (məkˈmæstərz ) ; məkmasˈtərz) 1814-69; U.S. statesman: secretary of war (1862-68)
2. 
ˈElizabeth Cady (ˈkeɪdi ) ; kāˈdē) 1815-1902; U.S. reformer & suffragist leader

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American feminist and social reformer. She helped organize the first women's rights convention, held in Seneca Falls, New York (1848), for which she wrote a declaration that proclaimed the equality of women and men. In 1869, she and Susan B. Anthony founded the National Woman Suffrage Association.
American public official who served as US secretary of war (1862-1868). His dismissal by President Andrew Johnson and his subsequent refusal to leave office precipitated the impeachment of Johnson.

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