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One long-term effect of the Seneca Falls Convention was that it

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made it easier to fight for women’s rights.

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Many consider the Seneca Falls Convention to be the birthplace of American feminism. The first women's rights convention in the United States was held on July 19 and 20, 1848, at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York.

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  • In 1920, more than 70 years after the Seneca Falls convention, the nation ratified the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. This victory inspired prominent feminist leaders in the 1950s and 1960s, ushering in a new era and renewed hope for women's rights.
  • Activist and leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton drafted The Declaration of Sentiments at that conference, which advocated for women's equality and suffrage.
  • The document, modelled after the Declaration of Independence and named after the founding document of the American Anti-Slavery Society, began with "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal..." Stanton referred to Jefferson's principles but explained that they are only applicable to men.
  • She went on to describe the unequal, separate spheres that women are forced to inhabit and called for action. Property and education rights were among the resolutions.
  • The assembly ratified the Declaration on July 20. There was only one resolution at stake: the right to vote.
  • Not everyone agreed that the vote was necessary and some, including Stanton's husband, were completely opposed to the idea. However, Stanton and abolitionist Frederick Douglass argued for the vote and the resolution was passed.
  • The Declaration of Independence, signed by 68 women and 32 men, including Douglass, and the Seneca Falls Convention, remain watershed moments in the history of women's rights.
  • Stanton's father was New York State Supreme Court Justice Daniel Cady, and she was well-versed in legal terminology. She was also inspired by Lucretia Mott, whom she met in London nearly eight years before at the World Anti-Slavery Convention.
  • The two were taken to the women's section and were not permitted to sit or speak at the event. The Seneca Falls Convention was founded in response to this event and the outrage it sparked 1848.
  • Though some historians debate the convention's historical significance, Seneca Falls remains a powerful symbol of equality.

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