Welcome to the History Tricks, where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely coincidental.

And here's your 30-second summary.

The Declaration of Independence promotes life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

And it was in pursuit of these ideals for every single person in the United States

that Elizabeth Katie Stanton took quite a few liberties herself.

The end.

Let's talk about Elizabeth Katie Stanton.

But first, let's drop her into history.

In 1848, gas lights were first installed in the White House during James Polk's administration.

Mexico gives Texas to the U.S. ending the Mexican-American war.

The organ territory is created, and Wisconsin becomes the 30th state.

William G. Young patents the ice cream freezer, Antoine Sachs patents the saxophone,

John Quincy Adams and John Jacob Astor died.

William Waldorf Astor, Wyatt Earp, Bell Star, and Paul Gogan were born.

And on July 19th, 1848, Elizabeth Katie Stanton helps to open the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York.

Elizabeth Katie was born on November 12th, 1815.

She was the 8th of 11 children born to Margaret Livingston Katie and Daniel Katie in Johnstown, New York.

Elizabeth was born into a family who at first glance, they really seemed to have it all.

Her father, Daniel, was the richest man in striking distance at the time for birth.

He was actually a member of Congress.

He was a self-made man, a lawyer whose expertise in real estate law had given him customers with names like Astor

and co-workers like Abraham Lincoln and Aaron Burr.

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