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State of Democracy Lecture Marks Centennial of Women’s Suffrage
Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua
Although Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) is credited as a leading figure of the early women’s rights movement, her legacy includes an absolutist perspective with a racist, elitist strand. Lori D. Ginzberg, author of “Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life” (Farrar,…