Seneca Falls Convention
New York
abolition of slavery
Women's rights did not come up in US history until Seneca Falls convention in 1848.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott in 1848 organized the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York.
women's rights
There were various reasons Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the first Womens' Rights Convention:She was not allowed to go to an abolitionist convention because she was a woman
she led the womens rights movement and gained the right for women to vote and have freedom in their actions.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized it because they were denied access in attending the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. Therefore they gathered to organize the first womens rights convention in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York.
Seneca Falls NY in 1848
Seneca falls convention was the first convention for women's rights. This convention was held on July 19th and 20th in the year 1848.
Seneca Falls Convention
Seneca Falls, New York