19 Jul
This Day In History - Women’s Rights Convention Opens in Seneca Falls, NY
Posted in This Day In History by neo2012
This two-day event was the first women's rights convention held in the US and is often cited as the birthplace of the feminist movement. At the conference, women issued a call for the US government to grant them equal rights, including the right to vote and to maintain custody of children after divorce. Though the first session was intended to be for women only, men who came were not turned away. What document issued at the convention was modeled after the US Declaration of Independence?
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