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    The Convention of Seneca Falls was held in central New York. The convention lasted for two full days on the dates of July 19 and 20th in the year 1848. Elizabeth Stanton decided to hold a gathering to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman. Stanton led the convention with the help of friend Lucretia Mott. The articles states that the Convention of Seneca Falls is what helped to open up the idea of equality for both genders saying that it “marked the beginning of the

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    2010 Reading Response #1 Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments 1. Title: The title relates to the section, because it resembles the three part structure of the Declaration of Independence. The section was written in Seneca Falls at a women’s rights convention. The title also declares that the piece will be a set of sentiments, thoughts prompted by feelings. 2. Author’s Life: The women, Mott, Wright, McClintrock, and Stanton, who wrote the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiment were born

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    written several publications on women’s suffrage, including The Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and the Women's Suffrage Movement, 1848-1898 (Carnegie Mellon College). The book raises some very excellent points and discusses, in detail, the women’s suffrage movement between 1848 and 1898. The Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and the Women's Suffrage Movement, 1848-1898 is about the start of the women’s right movement at the Seneca Falls convention in 1848. It challenges the account of history that credits

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    Many women wanted the same rights as men in the past. The Seneca Falls Conventions gave women a chance to gather and democratically protest. The Seneca Falls Convention was a unique event, outlined different things in the Declaration of Sentiments that also has grievances, and includes assertions of women’s rights by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The Seneca Falls Convention was a unique event of its time. It was the “first women’s rights meeting and the genesis of women’s suffrage movement” (Tindall, Shi

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    The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was the first spark to women's rights movements in Antebellum America. Without this meeting, life for women today could be entirely different. Rights that seem obligatory to women today, like being able to vote, and occupational diversity for women. Women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Coffin Mott helped to kickstart the innovative ideas produced before and through the convention. The Wesleyan Methodist Church in Seneca Falls was the site of the

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    The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women’s right convention which held in Seneca Falls, New York and it spanned two days over July 19th and 20th in the year 1848. It was a convention to discuss the social, civil and religious condition and rights of a women. This convention was organized by two ladies, Lucretia Mott who was famous for her oratorical ability and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. This meeting had almost six different sessions which include a humorous presentation, About the Law and the

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    ideal engaged citizen are education, ethics, and being an active part within the community. There are other traits as well but none that are as key as these three. Two famous documents that express these ideas are the Analects of Confucius and the Seneca Falls Declaration. Education has played different roles through the years. When the government system was first brought together only an educated free men could take part in any government related issues. Confucious says, “Study without thought

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    Seneca Falls Convention The Seneca Falls Convention was the first woman’s rights convention in the United States. The assembly was organized by many women who were present in abolition and temperance movements, and lasted for two days, July 19–20 on 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York. The convention’s main purpose was to bring attention to unequal treatment of women, and brought about 300 women, including around 40 men. The Seneca Falls Convention played a major role in women’s rights throughout the

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    Seneca Falls In the early 1800's, many of the women in the United States were plain and simple getting fed up with their lack of writes. Men had dominated everything in the past and they were still continuing to do so. Women were finally ready to come forward and voice their opinions about how men and women are created equal. It was now time for women to go out and become what ever they want to be and not have to worry about the fact that they are females. The Seneca Falls Convention would

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    Prior to the Seneca Falls Convention and the women’s rights movements, women were mistreated and limited in many ways. The Seneca Falls Convention brought a lot of attention to women’s rights and eventually led to what they are able to do today. In 1831, the Second Great Awakening was happened across the northern part of the United States. Charles Grandison Finney allowed women to lead prayer with men. In 1832, William Lloyd Garrison called for women to be involved in the anti-slavery movement

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