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Originally known as the Woman’s Rights Convention, the Seneca Falls Convention fought for the social, civil and religious rights of women. The meeting was held from July 19 to 20, 1848 at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York.

Despite scarce publicity, 300 people-mostly area residents-showed up. On the first day, only women were allowed to attend (the second day was open to men).

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, one of the meeting’s organizers, began with a speech on the convention’s goals and purpose:

"We are assembled to protest against a form of government, existing without the consent of the governed-to declare our right to be free as man is free, to be represented in the government which we are taxed to support, to have such disgraceful laws as give man the power to chastise and imprison his wife, to take the wages which she earns, the property which she inherits, and, in case of separation, the children of her love."

London. They traveled to the convention with their husbands, but weren’t allowed in because they were women. As a result of this experience, Mott and Stanton agreed to organize a convention for women’s rights.

In 1848, the two women worked with Martha Wright, Mary Ann McClintock and Jane Hunt to send out an announcement for the conference in Seneca Falls. The Seneca County Courier described the event as "a Convention to discuss the social, civil and religious condition and rights of women." The convention occurred on July 19 and 20 in 1848.

What Happened At The Seneca Falls Convention?

On the first day, 200 women attended to hear Stanton read the "Declaration of Sentiments and Grievances."

Stanton drafted this treatise to proclaim women’s rights. According to the History website, the preamble was similar to the Declaration of Independence, saying, "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights ..." Stanton’s treatise also continued to state the injustices women faced in the United States and called for women to organize as a collective to establish equality.

On the second day, men also attended the convention. Abolitionist Frederick Douglass was one of the 40 men to attend. Stanton’s Declaration of Sentiments and Grievances was adopted by the assembly and resolutions passed. One of the resolutions stated, "Woman is man’s equal - was intended to be so by the Creator, and the highest good of the race demands that she should be recognized as such."

It was the first step in women’s suffrage.