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Site of the first women's rights convention in U.S. history
Site of the first women's rights convention in U.S. history Upstream view along the Seneca River in Seneca Falls, New York, c. 1850. Wesleyan Chapel, the site of the first women's rights convention in U.S. history, is located just north of the river and is now part of the Women's Rights National Historical Park.

Seneca Falls Convention

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Seneca Falls Convention, assembly held on July 19–20, 1848, in the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, that launched the women’s suffrage movement in the United States. Seneca Falls was the home of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who, along with Lucretia Mott, conceived of and directed the convention. The convention’s resulting “Declaration of Sentiments,” which outlined the rights American women should be entitled to as citizens, is a foundational document in the history of the...

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