The first women's rights convention held in the United States, meeting in Seneca Falls, New York, from 19 to 20 July 1848 and organised chiefly by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. The convention adopted the Declaration of Sentiments, modelled closely on the Declaration of Independence, which asserted that men and women are created equal and catalogued grievances including women's exclusion from the vote, from higher education and from most paid professions. It is conventionally treated as the launching point of the organised women's rights movement in the United States.
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Event DateConvention spanned two days, 19-20 July 1848; date given is the opening day. LocationSeneca Falls, New York, United States, held at the Wesleyan Chapel. 1 Connections
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This source names United States directly: "women's rights convention held in the United States, meeting in Seneca Falls, New York, from 19 to 20 July 1848 and organised chiefly by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott."
Source Seneca Falls Convention (Britannica)
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Wollstonecraft's 1792 argument for women's rational equality is widely cited as the intellectual forerunner of the claims the Seneca Falls organisers made fifty six years later.
Source Mary Wollstonecraft (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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1. Seneca Falls Convention (Britannica)
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Seneca Falls Convention, assembly held on July 19-20, 1848, in the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, that launched the women's suffrage movement in the United States.
Seneca Falls Convention (Wikipedia)
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The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention.
Mary Wollstonecraft (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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