Signers of the Declaration of Sentiments set forth by the first Women’s Rights Convention,
held at Seneca Falls, NY in 1848.
(Collection of the Library of Congress,
Rare Book and Special Collections Division)
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In Seneca Falls, New York, 1848 the first women's rights convention was held to launch the campaign for the Women's Suffrage. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott were the organizers of this convention and called upon other women to attend and petition for their right to vote, after being left out of the World Anti-Slavery Convention years prior. The attendees created a document called the "Declaration of Sentiments" that outlines which rights women were excluded from and should have in the 20th century. More than 200 feminist leaders and supporters came to Seneca Falls and this event was the catalyst for the U.S. Women's Suffrage Movement that led to the passage of the 19th Amendment or women's right to vote in 1919.
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