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[2] [3] Held in the Wesleyan Chapel of the town of Seneca Falls, New York, it spanned two days over July 19–20, 1848. Attracting widespread attention, it was soon followed by other women's rights conventions, including the Rochester Women's Rights Convention in Rochester , New York, two weeks later.
Seneca Falls and Waterloo, New York, were important sites in the history of the fight for women's suffrage in the United States, as the site of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention on July 19 and 20. The convention drew over 300 attendees, [ 2 ] many of whom signed the Declaration of Sentiments which was produced as a part of the convention. [ 3 ]
On July 19, 1848, the first women's rights convention in the United States began at Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York.
The women who called together the Seneca Falls Convention in July of 1848. They passed 11 resolutions demanding equal rights for women. ... there at Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848, they would not ...
The Town of Seneca Falls contains the former village also called Seneca Falls. The town is east of Geneva , New York , in the northern part of the Finger Lakes District. Seneca Falls is a historic location along a branch of the Erie Canal and is often referred to as the 'birthplace of women's rights', [ citation needed ] where the 1848 women's ...
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] Prior to that, the first abolitionist convention for women was held in New York City in 1837. [2]
July 19 – Seneca Falls Convention: The first women's rights convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York. July 26 – The University of Wisconsin–Madison is founded. August 9 – The abolitionist Free Soil Party is founded by former president, Martin Van Buren in Buffalo, New York. August 14 – Oregon Territory is established.
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]