Which detail supports the central idea that Elizabeth Cady Stanton married a man who was also interested
in human rights?
Henry stopped frequently at the Smith home.
O Stanton's cousin was named Gerrit Smith.
Elizabeth Cady was born in Johnstown, New York on
November 12, 1815, the daughter of Daniel Cady, a
lawyer, a judge, and land speculator, and Margaret
Livingston Cady. Elizabeth was educated at a local boys
school and graduated from the Troy Female Seminary in
Troy, New York in 1832.
She met Henry Brewster Stanton in Peterboro, New York,
at the home of her cousin, philanthropist Gerrit Smith.
Henry was a popular abolitionist speaker and frequently
stopped at the Smith home in the course of his lecture
circuit. Against her family's wishes, she married Henry on
May 1, 1840, in a ceremony that omitted the vow to
obey." Their honeymoon was a trip to the World Anti-
Slavery Convention in London, where Henry was a
delegate representing the American Anti-Slavery Society.
-- "Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Life in Seneca Falls"
National Park Service
The Stantons' honeymoon was a trip to the World
Anti-Slavery Convention.
O Elizabeth Cady met Henry Brewster Stanton at the
home of her cousin.
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