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good essay written in the first person as Stanton. - I was once called the most dangerous woman in America because I dared to ask for the unthinkable- the right to vote. I challenged my culture's basic assumptions about men and women, and dedicated my life to the pursuit of equal rights for all women. My name is Elizabeth Cady Stanton.         I was born in Johnstown, New York, on the 12th of November, 1815. My father …

…spirit lives on today whenever and wherever American women use their voices and their votes to proclaim equality.         Works Cited Faber, Doris. Oh Lizzie! The Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. New York: Lothrop, Lee, and         Shepard Company, 1972. Franck, Irene and David Brownstone. Women's World: A Timeline of Women in History. New         York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1995. Rossi, Alice S. The Feminist Papers: From Adams to deBeauvoir. New York: Columbia         University Press, 1973. Weatherford, Doris. American Women's History.