RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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The Seneca Falls Convention
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The creation of the National Woman Suffrage Association
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The American Revolution
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The reading of the Declaration of the Rights of Women
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Detailed explanation-1: -Seneca Falls Convention, assembly held on July 19–20, 1848, at Seneca Falls, New York, that launched the woman suffrage movement in the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first attempt to organize a national movement for women’s rights occurred in Seneca Falls, New York, in July 1848.
Detailed explanation-3: -Heralded as the first women’s rights convention in the United States, it was held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, on July 19 and 20, 1848. At that conference, activist and leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton drafted The Declaration of Sentiments, which called for women’s equality and suffrage.
Detailed explanation-4: -Modeled after the Declaration of Independence, it outlined women’s inferior status and included a radical demand for suffrage. After Seneca Falls, women’s rights conventions became annual events, where women met to discuss educational opportunities, divorce reform, property rights, and sometimes labor issues.
Detailed explanation-5: -The history of the US woman suffrage movement is usually told as a national one. It begins with the 1848 Seneca Falls convention; follows numerous state campaigns, court battles, and petitions to Congress; and culminates in the marches and protests that led to the Nineteenth Amendment.