Report of the Woman's Rights Convention Held at Seneca Falls, N.Y

Title

Report of the Woman's Rights Convention Held at Seneca Falls, N.Y

Creator

Woman's Rights Convention (1848 : Seneca Falls, N.Y.)

Date

1848

Subject

Woman's Rights Convention (1848 : Seneca Falls, N.Y.)

Women's rights--United States

Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States

Type

text

Language

English

Place of Issue

Rochester (N.Y.)

Genre

Conference papers and proceedings

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Call number

HQ1403 .W66 1848

Exhibition link

Upstate New York and the Women's Rights Movement

Label text

Report of the Woman's Rights Convention Held at Seneca Falls, N.Y., July 19th and 20th, 1848. (Rochester, 1848). On July 14, 1848, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton issued a call in the Seneca County Courier inviting the public to attend a convention at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls on July 19 and 20, "to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition of women." Frederick Douglass attended the Convention and the proceedings of the Convention were published at his press in the <i>North Star</i> office.<br><br> Using the Declaration of Independence as a model, Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote a Declaration of Sentiments to be presented at the Seneca Falls Convention. Beginning with the premise that "all men and women are created equal," Stanton listed eighteen legal grievances suffered by women, including the denial of franchise and of the rights to their wages, their persons, and their children. The document also called attention to women's limited educational and economic opportunities and protested against the double standard of morality. The Declaration was followed by a series of resolutions, including the demand for woman suffrage. The only resolution that met opposition, it was finally adopted after much discussion.

Collection

Rare Book Collection (UR-RBSCP)

Citation

Woman's Rights Convention (1848 : Seneca Falls, N.Y.), “Report of the Woman's Rights Convention Held at Seneca Falls, N.Y,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 22, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/541.

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