Even with the controversial content, the document was signed by one hundred of the conventions attendees, eighty-six women and sixty-two men, the first of the signers being Frederick Douglas, who at the time believed abolition and women’s rights were vital to one-another. While the movement started out small, it was energetic, after the convention in Seneca falls women began to meet in other parts of New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The movement was heavily criticized by both men and women, but it rapidly gained
Even with the controversial content, the document was signed by one hundred of the conventions attendees, eighty-six women and sixty-two men, the first of the signers being Frederick Douglas, who at the time believed abolition and women’s rights were vital to one-another. While the movement started out small, it was energetic, after the convention in Seneca falls women began to meet in other parts of New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The movement was heavily criticized by both men and women, but it rapidly gained