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Jul 18, 2023 · On July 19, 1848, nearly 300 men and women gathered in Seneca Falls, New York, to begin the United States’ first public political meeting regarding women’s rights. The Seneca Falls Convention ...
One result of this decision was the Seneca Falls Convention, called “to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition of woman.”. The convention resulted in a Declaration of Sentiments, modeled on the Declaration of Independence, and a set of resolutions, reproduced here. The meeting is often described as the first women’s rights ...
Most suffrage histories begin in 1848, the year Elizabeth Cady Stanton convened a women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. There, she unfurled a Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, seeking religious, educational and property rights for women – and the right to vote. While Seneca Falls remains an important marker in women’s ...
Jan 29, 2022 · Fairport Convention have had more members than Everton and Watford’s recent managerial roll-call combined and they play a Dublin show this evening in the auspicious surrounds of St Patrick’s ...
The Declaration of Sentiments was read by Stanton at the Seneca Falls Convention on July 20 and was followed by the passage of 12 resolutions relating to women’s rights. Interestingly, the only resolution that did not pass unanimously was that which called for women’s suffrage , as some were concerned that the issue was too controversial and would hurt their efforts for equality in other ...
Feb 9, 2019 · New York had already given women the right to vote in 1917. “A campaign to find the original Declaration of Sentiments, to my mind, is not just a campaign to get the document,” Donna Lieberman ...
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Mar 11, 2019 · Becoming a Reality. 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, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mary Ann M ...
