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Seneca Falls and Waterloo, New York, were important sites in the history of the fight for women's suffrage in the United States, as the site of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention on July 19 and 20. The convention drew over 300 attendees, [2] many of whom signed the Declaration of Sentiments which was produced as a part of the convention. [3]
Charlotte Woodward Pierce (January 14, 1830 – March 15, 1924) was the only woman to sign the Declaration of Sentiments at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention and live to see the passing of the 19th Amendment in 1920. [1] She was the only one of the 68 women who signed the Declaration to see the day that women could vote nationwide. [2]
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.
Lucretia Mott (née Coffin; January 3, 1793 – November 11, 1880) was an American Quaker, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and social reformer.She had formed the idea of reforming the position of women in society when she was amongst the women excluded from the World Anti-Slavery Convention held in London in 1840.
Lucretia Mott moved the adoption of the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments, which was read to the convention, debated, then referred to a committee to draft a new declaration. Antoinette Brown, William Lloyd Garrison, Lucretia Mott, Ernestine Rose and Lucy Stone worked to shape a new declaration, and the result was read at the end of the ...
This column is part of HuffPost’s “She the People” series, stories by Black women exploring Kamala Harris’ historic candidacy. To read more, visit our hub.. As the president and CEO of ...
The American women's suffrage movement began with the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention; many of the activists became politically aware during the abolitionist movement. The movement reorganized after the Civil War, gaining experienced campaigners, many of whom had worked for prohibition in the Women's Christian Temperance Union .
The point of Donald Trump’s jab at Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan was not just to dunk on one prominent financier. It was also a warning to every executive at Davos, and everyone watching ...