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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 Ladies of Seneca Falls: The Birth of the Woman's Rights Movement, New York: Pantheon. ISBN 978-0805205459. Hewitt, Nancy A. (2001). Women's Activism and Social Change: Rochester, New York, 1822–1872. Lexington Books, Lanham, Maryland. ISBN 0-7391-0297-4. McMillen, Sally Gregory, (2008). Seneca Falls and the origins of the women's rights ...
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]
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Some of the participants at the Seneca Falls Convention organized the Rochester Women's Rights Convention two weeks later on August 2 in Rochester, New York. [9] It was followed by other state and local conventions in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. [9] The first National Woman's Rights Convention was held in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1850. [9]
Prosecutors say Alvarez owned and ran the Bronx-based company ATAX New York, which they described as a “high-volume tax preparation company.” The company prepared about 90,000 federal income ...
New York’s prison system unfairly punished more than 2,000 prisoners after tests of suspected contraband substances falsely tested positive for drugs, according to a report released Thursday.