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The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. [1] Its organizers advertised it as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Held in the Wesleyan Chapel of the town of Seneca Falls , New York , it spanned two days over July 19–20, 1848.
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 ...
Signers of the Declaration at Seneca Falls in order: Lucretia Coffin Mott is at top of the list The Declaration of Sentiments, also known as the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, [1] is a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men—100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women's rights convention to be organized by women.
Among this year's highlights: On Friday, the documentary “The Real Bedford Falls – It’s a Wonderful Life” will be shown at 11 a.m. Trinity Church, 27 Fall St.
The iconic 1946 Frank Capra movie "It's a Wonderful Life" may mean more to Seneca Falls, N.Y. than any other town in the world. The town celebrates the movie with an annual festival and now there ...
On December 10, 2010, the "It's a Wonderful Life" Museum opened in Seneca Falls, with Karolyn Grimes, who played Zuzu in the movie, cutting the ribbon. [32] However, film historian Jeanine Basinger , curator of the Frank Capra archives at Wesleyan University and author of The 'It's A Wonderful Life' Book , has said no evidence exists for Seneca ...
Seneca Falls, NY claims to be the inspiration for Bedford Falls. While the fictional town's name combines those of Bedford Hills in New York's Westchester County and Seneca Falls in New York's ...
The first women's rights convention was the Seneca Falls Convention, a regional event held on July 19 and 20, 1848, in Seneca Falls in the Finger Lakes region of New York. [3] Five women called the convention, four of whom were Quaker social activists, including the well-known Lucretia Mott.