Seneca Falls Convention

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The Seneca Falls Convention was the landmark 1848 gathering in New York that launched the organized women’s rights movement in the United States and produced the Declaration of Sentiments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
political conference
women's rights convention
alsoKnownAs First Women's Rights Convention NERFINISHED
city Seneca Falls NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Seneca County NERFINISHED
documentModeledOn United States Declaration of Independence NERFINISHED
endDate 1848-07-20
followedBy Rochester Women's Rights Convention of 1848 NERFINISHED
hasTopic civil and political rights of women
legal status of married women
social roles of women
heldAt Wesleyan Chapel NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod antebellum period
includedRightDemanded equal educational opportunities for women
equal participation in church and public life
equal property rights for women
women's right to vote
inspiredBy World Anti-Slavery Convention of 1840 NERFINISHED
keyParticipant Elizabeth Cady Stanton NERFINISHED
Frederick Douglass NERFINISHED
James Mott NERFINISHED
Jane Hunt NERFINISHED
Lucretia Mott NERFINISHED
Martha Coffin Wright NERFINISHED
Mary Ann M'Clintock NERFINISHED
languageOfDocument English
location Seneca Falls, New York NERFINISHED
mainTheme gender equality
women's rights
women's suffrage
movement first wave feminism
numberOfAttendees approximately 300
numberOfSigners 100 signers of the Declaration of Sentiments
organizer Elizabeth Cady Stanton NERFINISHED
Jane Hunt NERFINISHED
Lucretia Mott NERFINISHED
Martha Coffin Wright NERFINISHED
Mary Ann M'Clintock NERFINISHED
partOf United States women's suffrage movement NERFINISHED
precededBy World Anti-Slavery Convention NERFINISHED
producedDocument Declaration of Sentiments NERFINISHED
resolutionSupportedBy Frederick Douglass NERFINISHED
significance first women's rights convention in the United States
launch of the organized women's rights movement in the United States
startDate 1848-07-19
state New York
year 1848

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History of Woman Suffrage includesEvent Seneca Falls Convention
Wesleyan Chapel significantEvent Seneca Falls Convention
part of Women’s Rights National Historical Park significantEvent Seneca Falls Convention
subject surface form: Women’s Rights National Historical Park