The inductees join the ranks of suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, tennis pro Billie Jean King, astronaut Sally Ride and actress Lucille Ball.

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Thousands of such passionate speeches -- millions more passionate words -- were uttered by names now brown with history: William Jennings Bryan, Carrie Nation, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

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In the United States, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), regarded by some as the most important woman in American history, was allowed to study in an all-male college only because she was a brilliant Greek scholar.

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