About the Program
Lori Ginzberg, history and women's studies professor at Pennsylvania State University, recounts the life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) an early leader in the women's rights movement. Ms. Cady Stanton assisted in organizing the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848 where she presented the Declaration of Sentiments, which asserted that women and men should be treated as equals. Lori Ginzberg presents her book at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.