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175 years ago, the Seneca Falls Convention kicked off the fight for women's suffrage – an iconic moment deeply shaped by Quaker beliefs on gender and equality

The Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, N.Y., where on July 19 and 20, 1848, the first women's rights conventions in the U.S. were held. Epics/Hulton Archive via Getty Images On July 19, 1848, nearly 300 ...
WDBJ

This Day in History: Second day of Seneca Falls Convention

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1848, women’s rights activists gathered at the Seneca Falls Convention for a second day. On the previous day, convention organizer Elizabeth Cady Stanton had read the ...
WTEN

175 anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)—Events will be held this weekend in Seneca Falls, celebrating the 175th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention, the birthplace of the women’s rights movement “Right here in ...
Newsday

Women's rights movement isn't just Seneca Falls. It's filled with a diverse cast like Sojourner Truth

Over two hot days in July nearly 175 years ago, women gathered in a Seneca Falls chapel to discuss women's rights. Abolitionists Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and several other women ...
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It's been 175 years since history was made at Seneca Falls — and we're still fighting

On this day 175 years ago, in the small town of Seneca Falls, New York, a group of visionary women shook the world. With their Declaration of Sentiments, they not only echoed but improved upon our ...