Ladies and gentlemen, when invited some weeks ago to address you I proposed to a gentleman of this village to review our report of the Seneca Falls convention and give his objections to our Declaration, resolutions and p...
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women’s rights convention in the United States. Held in July 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, the meeting launched the women’s suffrage movement, which more than seven decades later ensured women the right to vote. What Was the Seneca Falls Conventi...
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But it was not until an 1848 visit of Lucretia Mott with her sister, Martha Coffin Wright, during an annual Quaker convention, that the idea of a women's rights convention turned into plans, and Seneca Falls became a reality. The sisters met during that visit with three other women, Eliza...
In July of 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women’s rights convention ever to be held in the United States was held in Seneca Falls, New York. That convention would change the course of history for women's rights, including being the foundation to the fight for women to be...
In July of 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women’s rights convention ever to be held in the United States was held in Seneca Falls, New York. That convention would change the course of history for women's rights, including being the foundation to the fight for women to be...
We have seen two newspapers printing the Declaration in full, theLong Island Democratissue of August 15, 1848 and Douglass’ ownNorth Starissue of August 11, 1848. Transcript A Curiosity Women’s Rights Convention. – This convention assembled at Seneca Falls, on the 19thinst. The meeting on...
The story of how the women's rights movement began at the Seneca Falls convention of 1848 is a cherished American myth. The standard account credits founders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucretia Mott with defining and then leading the campaign for women's suffrage. ...
The Women's Rights National Historical Park commemorates the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, where the women's rights movement began. Visitors can explore the Visitor Center, which features exhibits related to women's suffrage and influential figures such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott...
Elizabeth Cady StantonandLucretia Mottwrote the Declaration of Sentiments for theSeneca Falls Women's Rights Convention(1848) in upstate New York, deliberately modeling it on the 1776Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Sentiments was read by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, then each paragraph was ...