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  2. Seneca Falls Convention - Wikipedia

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    A stamp was issued in 1948 in remembrance of the Seneca Falls Convention, featuring Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Lucretia Mott as part of a Centennial Celebration in Seneca Falls. [62] The Women's Rights National Historical Park was established in 1980, and covers a total of 6.83 acres (27,600 m 2) of land in Seneca Falls ...

  3. Women's Rights National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    The Women's Rights National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in Seneca Falls and Waterloo, New York, United States.Founded by an act of Congress in 1980 and first opened in 1982, the park was gradually expanded through purchases over the decades that followed.

  4. Women's suffrage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The demand for women's suffrage began to gather strength in the 1840s, emerging from the broader movement for women's rights. In 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention, passed a resolution in favor of women's suffrage despite opposition from some of its organizers, who believed the idea was too extreme. [3]

  5. On this day, the Seneca Falls Convention begins - AOL

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    On July 19, 1848, the first women's rights convention in the United States began at Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York.

  6. List of women's rights conventions in the United States

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    "A Call to the Mississippi Valley Suffrage Conference" in Minneapolis, May 7–10 in 1916. This is a chronological list of women's rights conventions held in the United States. The first convention in the country to focus solely on women's rights was the Seneca Falls Convention held in the summer of 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York. [1]

  7. Declaration of Sentiments - Wikipedia

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    The Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 was the first women’s rights conference in the United States. Held at the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Seneca Falls, New York, it was predominantly organised by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, with the assistance of Lucretia Mott and local female Quakers. [12]

  8. Elizabeth Cady Stanton House (Seneca Falls, New York)

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    During this period, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was active in organizing the first United States convention on women's suffrage. Held in 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention resulted in the first major calls for women to be granted the right to vote. Stanton remained an influential figure in the women's rights movements of the 19th century until her ...

  9. Charlotte Woodward Pierce - Wikipedia

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    Charlotte Woodward Pierce (January 14, 1830 – March 15, 1924) was the only woman to sign the Declaration of Sentiments at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention and live to see the passing of the 19th Amendment in 1920. [1] She was the only one of the 68 women who signed the Declaration to see the day that women could vote nationwide. [2]