Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the cofounder of the women's rights movement in the United States and worked side by side with Susan B. Anthony for over fifty years. However, she has been cast in history's shadows and is long overdue recognition for her essential contributions to democracy in this country.
Stanton was born in Jonestown, New York, in 1815. She lived in Boston, Seneca Falls, NY, Tenafly, NJ, and New York City, where she died at the age of 87. Growing up with the knowledge that "girls don't count for much," Stanton devoted her life to attaining equality for women. Of her long-standing relationship with Susan B. Anthony, she said, "I forged the thunderbolts, she fired them."