Elizabeth Cady Stanton Trust v. Neronha

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND __________________________________________ ) ELIZABETH CADY STANTON TRUST, ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 1:22-cv-00245-MSM-LDA ) PETER NERONHA, ATTORNEY ) GENERAL, STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, ) Defendant. ) __________________________________________) MEMORANDUM & ORDER Mary S. McElroy, United States District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION On July 9, 1848, centered around a visit by noted suffragette and abolitionist Lucretia Mott, the first reported women’s rights convention opened in Seneca Falls, New York. Among the Quaker organizers, although…