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Seneca Falls Convention

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“Our Roll of Honor,” signatures to the “Declaration of Sentiments” (1848).
Seneca Falls Convention
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Category: History & Society
Date:
July 19, 1848 - July 20, 1848
Location:
New York
Seneca Falls
United States
Major Events:
Declaration of Sentiments
Key People:
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Seneca Falls Convention, assembly held on July 19–20, 1848, at Seneca Falls, New York, that launched the woman suffrage movement in the United States. Seneca Falls was the home of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who, along with Lucretia Mott, conceived and directed the convention. The two feminist leaders had been excluded from participating in the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, an event that solidified their determination to engage in the struggle. At the 1848 convention Stanton read the “Declaration of Sentiments,” a statement of grievances and demands patterned closely after the Declaration of Independence. It called upon women to organize ...(100 of 181 words)

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