Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1815, Nov. 12 | Born, Johnstown, N.Y. |
| 1832 | Graduated, Emma Willard's Seminary, Troy, N.Y. |
| 1840 | Married Henry B. Stanton Attended World Anti-Slavery Convention, London, England |
| 1846 | Moved from Boston, Mass., to Seneca Falls, N.Y. |
| 1848 | Organized the first Woman's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, N.Y., which adopted, at her instigation, the first public resolution for woman suffrage |
| 1851 | Met Susan B. Anthony; enlisted her in woman's rights cause |
| 1852 | President, Woman's Temperance Convention, Rochester, N.Y. |
| 1866 | First female candidate for the United States House of Representatives |
| 1868-1870 | Joint editor with Parker Pillsbury of the weekly Revolution |
| 1869 | A founder and first president of the National Woman Suffrage Association; provided leadership (usually as president) until its merger in 1890 with the American Woman Suffrage Association |
| 1881-1886 | Published with Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage History of Woman Suffrage (New York: Fowler & Wells. 3 vols.) |
| 1888 | Helped organize the first International Council of Women, Washington, D.C. |
| 1890 | Elected president, National American Woman Suffrage Association |
| 1895, 1898 | Published The Woman's Bible (New York: European Publishing Co. 2 vols.) |
| 1898 | Published Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences, 1815-1897 (New York: European Publishing Co. 474 pp.) |
| 1902, Oct. 26 | Died, New York, N.Y. |