The Seneca Fall Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention was the FIRST women's rights convention in United States history. The convention was founded by Elizabeth Cady Sranton and Lucretia Mott. Mott and Stanton both attended the 1840 antislavery convention and resented being prevented from speaking at it. Eight years later, the women organized a convention on women's right, which is The Seneca Fall Convention.
The convention passed 12 resolutions altogether. Signed by 68 women and 32 men, the resolutions protested the lack of legal and political rights for WOMEN. They urged women to demand these rights.
The ninth resolution proved to be controversial. It called for women's suffrage(the right to vote). At Stanton's insistence, the convention passed the resolition. Mott (the other founder) however, disapproved of the suffrage demand, and so did others at the convention, many of whom withdrew their support for the movement.
The convention passed 12 resolutions altogether. Signed by 68 women and 32 men, the resolutions protested the lack of legal and political rights for WOMEN. They urged women to demand these rights.
The ninth resolution proved to be controversial. It called for women's suffrage(the right to vote). At Stanton's insistence, the convention passed the resolition. Mott (the other founder) however, disapproved of the suffrage demand, and so did others at the convention, many of whom withdrew their support for the movement.
