Summary
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, met at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London in 1840. The delegates had voted to exclude women before the convention started and required them to sit in a sectioned-off area. At the time, Mott was
in her mid-forties and a Quaker minister, feminist, and abolitionist. Stanton, a young bride and active abolitionist, admired Mott and the two became friends. At one point during the convention, they discussed the possibility of a women’s rights.
Eight years later, Stanton was living in Seneca Falls, New York, when Lucretia Mott was visiting her sister in nearby Waterloo, New York. During a social visit on July 14, Stanton, Mott, Wright, and Mary Ann McClintock and Jane Hunt decided that it was time "to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman" publicly—in just five days time. They publicized the convention mainly by word of mouth, although they did place a small notice in the local paper. They knew it would be a comparatively small convention, but it would be a start.
Stanton based the Declaration of Sentiments on the Declaration of Independence, listing 18 grievances and 11 resolution demanding the recognition of women as equal members of society. The ninth resolution, which argued for elective franchise, proved to be the most radical. Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, is a document signed by 68 women and 32 men—100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women's rights convention to be organized by women.
in her mid-forties and a Quaker minister, feminist, and abolitionist. Stanton, a young bride and active abolitionist, admired Mott and the two became friends. At one point during the convention, they discussed the possibility of a women’s rights.
Eight years later, Stanton was living in Seneca Falls, New York, when Lucretia Mott was visiting her sister in nearby Waterloo, New York. During a social visit on July 14, Stanton, Mott, Wright, and Mary Ann McClintock and Jane Hunt decided that it was time "to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman" publicly—in just five days time. They publicized the convention mainly by word of mouth, although they did place a small notice in the local paper. They knew it would be a comparatively small convention, but it would be a start.
Stanton based the Declaration of Sentiments on the Declaration of Independence, listing 18 grievances and 11 resolution demanding the recognition of women as equal members of society. The ninth resolution, which argued for elective franchise, proved to be the most radical. Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, is a document signed by 68 women and 32 men—100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women's rights convention to be organized by women.
Questions
1.) Who were the main organizers of the Seneca Falls Convention and where did they meet?
2.) What was the document that Stanton wrote for the Convention?
3.) How did the members publicize the convention?
4.) What are one of the complaints from the document? (Found on the nps website)
2.) What was the document that Stanton wrote for the Convention?
3.) How did the members publicize the convention?
4.) What are one of the complaints from the document? (Found on the nps website)