Elizabeth Cady Stanton, famed women’s rights activist, is most closely associated with advocating the right to vote for women and helping to orchestrate the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, NY in 1848.

Written by Peggy Solic. Narration by Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. A textual version of this video is available at http://go.osu.edu/ecstanton.

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Audio production by Scott Sprague and Paul Kotheimer, College of Arts & Sciences Academic Technology Services. Video production by Laura Seeger and Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle.

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