Declaration of Sentiments
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The Declaration of Sentiments, also known as the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, is a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men—100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women's rights con
Signers of the Declaration at Seneca Falls in order: Lucretia Coffin Mott is at top of the list
Seneca Falls Convention
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The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. Its organizers advertised it as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". Held in t
Declaration of Sentiments
…some 300 attendees at the first women's rights convention to be organized by women. Held in Seneca Falls, New York, the convention is now known as the Seneca Falls Convention. The principal author of the Declaration was Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who modeled it upon the United States Declaration of Independence. She was a key…
This mahogany tea table was used on July 16, 1848, to compose much of the first draft of the Declaration of Sentiments.
James and Lucretia Mott
Gerrit Smith made woman suffrage a plank in the Liberty Party platform on June 14–15, 1848.