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    The Historic Seneca Falls Convention July 19th and 20th in 1848 will forever be in our history books as one of the most important conventions advocating for women 's rights. The Seneca Falls Convention was the very first of its kind in the United States. Hundreds of people, mostly women and a handful of men, attended the convention, which was organized by a group of women involved in the abolition and temperance movements. The main hosts of the event were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, who were also involved in antislavery movements as well. The reason the convention was held was due to these women who wanted to bring national attention to the unfair treatment and inequalities that all women faced compared to their male counterparts.…

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    On July 19th, 1848, the inaugural women’s rights convention in the United States was held in Seneca Falls, New York. This first meeting was essential to the beginning of the Women’s Suffrage Movement and the Equal Rights Amendment. Two weeks after the Seneca Falls Convention a similar, and preponderant meeting was held in Rochester, New York. Multiple conventions similar to these followed annually, these conventions launched the Women's Suffrage Movement. During the years leading up to 1848,…

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    twentieth century. Among the events that have actually contributed to the development of the movement, much attention and high level of recognition is devoted to the Seneca Falls Convention that was held in 1848. At the modern time, this convention is referred to as the most prominent event in the history of women's rights movement designating the beginning of the worldwide campaign for the recognition of the equality of men's and women's rights. While the Seneca Falls Convention actually was…

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    The Seneca Falls Convention was a major starting point in the women’s rights movement. There the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions was read by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, which grasp the attentions of many men that participated. This document sparked the pathway for equal women’s rights. It addressed the many complaints that impacted women during this period. Through their well crafted document, they hoped that it would change the mindset of an unequal country. The Declaration of Sentiments…

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    In 1848, the first women 's rights convention took place in Seneca Falls, New York. Three hundred women attended the convention to achieve equal rights in society. As an illustration women in the 1840’s couldn’t vote, own property, have custody of their children after a divorce or even share the same religious rights as their male counterparts. Thus, leading to the Seneca Falls Declaration. The Seneca Falls Declaration shared a similar style to the Declaration of Independence except that it…

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    The Seneca Falls Convention The world has always been a hard place for women they get degraded, judged , and treated unfairly. Even today in the twenty first century women get treatment that is different than the treatment that is given to men. Women’s issues are not handled the same even if it is something small they have to fight harder to get solutions. Women who think fighting for equal rights is irrelevant degrade women who see the issue and are trying to fight for what they deserve;…

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    The Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention in 1848 was the start of the women’s fight for the right to vote. The convention was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, when they were both denied entry to the World’s Anti-Slavery Convention in London. Stanton had written the Declaration of Sentiments, this declaration pointed out ways that “history was a record of men’s injustices toward women,” (Nash, pg. 11.) After the convention in Seneca Falls, New York, more conventions…

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    The Seneca Falls Convention, the first U.S. women’s rights convention held in New York on July 19-20, 1848 is seen as the starting point of the women’s movement in the United States. Over 300 men and women attended the convention among the principal organizers of the event Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (History, Art & Archives). During the convention many issues were address, some of them were the property rights of married women, equal standing for women in the legal system, and…

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    I chose to look at the document from the Seneca Falls Convention which included The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions. This document details the time leading up to and the outcome of the Seneca Falls Convention. Part of this document was detailing how the Convention came to be, by whom, and how it went. The main points of the Convention and the Declaration was to demand rights for women, particularly rights to be seen equal, as God intended, the right to vote, and the right in religious…

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    In the article Seneca Falls Women’s Right convention the author, Judith Wellman speaks about the main causes she believes lead to the Seneca Falls Woman’s rights convention. This convention symbolized the first modern protest for woman’s rights and Wellman uses facts from the article to support her argument. For instance, Wellman states that there are three major reform organizations that pushed the people into networks before the Seneca Falls convention formed. The author identifies these…

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