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  • PLACE OF DEATH: Greenwich, Connecticut
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The daughter of famous suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriot Stanton Blatch continued her mother's work in the women's rights movement.

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Born in Seneca Falls in 1856, Harriot Stanton Blatch was the daughter of famous suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She continued her mother's work in the women's rights movement, founding the Equality League of Self-Supporting Women in 1907.

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Women's rights activist, writer. Born on January 20, 1856, in Seneca Falls, New York. The daughter of activists, Harriot Stanton Blatch followed in her mother??s footsteps to become an important contributor to the women??s suffrage movement. She worked with her mother, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony on the second volume of History of Woman Suffrage, which recorded the history of the struggle to win women the right to vote.

After marrying William Henry Blatch in 1882, Harriot Stanton Blatch spent nearly two decades living in England. While abroad, she was became involved in such social movements as the Fabian Society, a progressive political organization. Blatch returned to the United States in 1902 and once again became involved in the women??s rights movement. She founded the Equality League of Self-Supporting Women in 1907.

During World War I, Harriot Stanton Blatch worked in support of the war effort. She encouraged women to become involved in peace efforts to stave off any new military conflicts in A Woman's Point of View (1920). Blatch also explored a political career with an unsuccessful run for comptroller of the City of New York in 1921 on the Socialist Party ticket. For the rest of her life, she continued to fight for what she believed in, supporting a number of social and political causes.

Harriot Stanton Blatch died on November 20, 1940, in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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