What was significant about the Seneca Falls Convention?

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Jimmy Kemp

9 January, 13:15

What was significant about the Seneca Falls Convention?

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Lana Ponce · Answer 1

The women's rights movement started in Seneca Falls, New York. They met in 1848, and in the first convention there was a historic document 'Declaration of Sentiments'. This demanded equal social status and legal rights for women. This included the right to vote.