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Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 - FIrst Women's Rights Convention in the US
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The Seneca Falls Convention, held on July 19–20, 1848 at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, was the first women's rights convention in the United States. The event was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and several Quaker women to discuss the rights and conditions of women in society, religion, and politics. The convention was open to both men and women, but men were asked to be silent observers on the first day.
The convention's centerpiece was Declaration of Sentiments, written by Stanton and the M'Clintock family, which was modeled after the Declaration of Independence. The declaration outlined women's inferior status and included a radical demand for suffrage. It also called on women to "throw off such government" in light of abuses such as being denied an education, forced to obey their husbands, and prevented from owning property. By the end of the convention, 68 women and 32 men had signed the declaration.
The Seneca Falls Convention is often considered the beginning of the American women's suffrage movement, which culminated in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.
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