The conference, perhaps the first to discuss women's rights in America, was held in Seneca Falls NY, and its leaders were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. About 300 people attended, many of whom were Quakers, and about 40 of whom were men (including Lucretia Mott's husband James).
Seneca Falls NY, the convention in New York took place over two days, July 19-20, 1848.
Seneca Falls Convention
The first women's rights convention, the Seneca Falls Convention, occurred between July 19 and July 20, 1848. James K. Polk was the President of the United States.
I've heard that it was written and adopted at the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY on the 19th and 20th of July, 1848 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
women wanted the right to vote by TORI TABB The main leaders of the Seneca Falls Declaration were Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott. At a meeting in 1848, a group of women and male supporters brought attention to the cause of women by using the ideology of the American Revolution. The Declaration condemned the entire structure of inequality that denied women access to education and employment. Stanton, author of the Declaration, based it off of the Declaration of Independence but just added women to all of the rights.
It marked the beginning of the women's suffrage movement.
It marked the beginning of the women's suffrage movement.
1848
The Seneca Falls Convention occured in Seneca Falls, New York from July 19, 1848 to July 20, 1848.
The Seneca Falls Decleration occured in 1848.
1848
It marked the beginning of the women's suffrage movement.
Seneca Falls NY, the convention in New York took place over two days, July 19-20, 1848.
women's rights
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott in 1848 organized the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York.
Seneca Falls, New York
The Women's Suffrage Movement-