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How did the Seneca Falls Convention contribute to the eventual passage of the Nineteenth Amendment?
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Women casting their votes in New York City, c. 1920s.
The Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, is considered the inception of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. The convention produced the "Declaration of Sentiments," which, modeled after the Declaration of Independence, articulated women's grievances and demanded equal rights, including the right to vote. This demand for suffrage became a central tenet of the movement, laying the groundwork for the eventual passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, which granted women the right to vote nationwide.123