Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

By the 1870s, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were household names, so much so that celebrity photographer Napoleon Sarony captured their likenesses at his studio in New York City. In this portrait, the two women are seated around a circular desk, which is reminiscent of the table where Stanton penned the 1848 “Declaration of Sentiments.” Contrary to popular belief, Anthony was not present at the famous gathering of women at Seneca Falls in 1848. Anthony and Stanton actu- ally met in 1851 and around 1858 forged an alliance.