"The Flag of Independence has been hoisted for the second time on this side of the Atlantic."
St. Louis Daily Reveille
St. Louis Daily Reveille
Despite Negative Reactions
Even though people were against women gaining rights, the Seneca Falls Convention did make them a public issue. The Seneca Falls Convention was the starting point of the woman's rights movement, as others were influenced to petition, and publicly demand their rights.
When organizing the Seneca Falls Convention, they were not looking for immediate change in women’s rights, as they new that they could not achieve that. They had a more reasonable goal, stated in the Declaration of Sentiments: “We hope this Convention will be followed by a Series of Conventions embracing every part of the country.”
When organizing the Seneca Falls Convention, they were not looking for immediate change in women’s rights, as they new that they could not achieve that. They had a more reasonable goal, stated in the Declaration of Sentiments: “We hope this Convention will be followed by a Series of Conventions embracing every part of the country.”
Later Conventions
-more conventions were held to try and gain political power-convention in Rochester held by Amy Post, a signer of the Declaration of Sentiments
- 1850 there were four more conventions in Ohio
-Declaration of Sentiments
- 1850 there were four more conventions in Ohio
-Declaration of Sentiments
First National Convention
-held on October 23 and 24th 1850 in Worcester, Ma
-more than 1,000 people attended
-demanded right to vote, own property and for equal education
-committee was created to continue women's rights movement with members: Antoinette Brown Blackwell, William H. Channing, Paulina Wright Davis, Abby K. Foster, Samuel J. May, J. Elizabeth Jones, Lucretia Mott, Wendell Phillips, Ernestine L. Rose, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone"...they are absolutely equal in their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness--in their rights to do, and to be, individually and socially, all they are capable of... "
Abby H. Price to First National Woman's Rights Convention
"To consider the great question of Woman's Rights, Duties, and Relations; and the Men and Women of our country who feel sufficient interest in the subject, to give an earnest thought and effective effort to its rightful adjustment, are invited to meet each other in free conference, at the time and place appointed."from the Call
-more than 1,000 people attended
-demanded right to vote, own property and for equal education
-committee was created to continue women's rights movement with members: Antoinette Brown Blackwell, William H. Channing, Paulina Wright Davis, Abby K. Foster, Samuel J. May, J. Elizabeth Jones, Lucretia Mott, Wendell Phillips, Ernestine L. Rose, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone"...they are absolutely equal in their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness--in their rights to do, and to be, individually and socially, all they are capable of... "
Abby H. Price to First National Woman's Rights Convention
"To consider the great question of Woman's Rights, Duties, and Relations; and the Men and Women of our country who feel sufficient interest in the subject, to give an earnest thought and effective effort to its rightful adjustment, are invited to meet each other in free conference, at the time and place appointed."from the Call
National Woman's Suffrage Society
-formed May 18, 1869
-women gaining right to vote
-established by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
-opposition towards the fifteenth amendment
-excluded women
-"right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." Constitution- 15th Amendment
-women gaining right to vote
-established by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
-opposition towards the fifteenth amendment
-excluded women
-"right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." Constitution- 15th Amendment
Finally gaining the right to vote
Right to Vote for Women
Nineteenth Amendment:
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
-June 4, 1919: passed by Congress
-ratified August 18, 1920
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
-June 4, 1919: passed by Congress
-ratified August 18, 1920
Experiencing Change- Charlotte Woodward
Waiting for the right to vote
-attended Seneca Falls Convention
-signer of the Declaration of Sentiments
-supportive of woman's rights
"Every fiber of my being rebelled, although silently, for all the hours that I sat and sewed gloves for a miserable pittance which, after it was earned, could never be mine. I wanted to work, but I wanted to choose my task and I wanted to collect my wages."- Charlotte Woodward
-only signer to lived to 1920 when women gained the right to vote
-ill on voting day, so never actually voted
"My heart is with all women who vote. They have gained it now, and they should not quarrel about the method of using it."- Charlotte Woodward
-signer of the Declaration of Sentiments
-supportive of woman's rights
"Every fiber of my being rebelled, although silently, for all the hours that I sat and sewed gloves for a miserable pittance which, after it was earned, could never be mine. I wanted to work, but I wanted to choose my task and I wanted to collect my wages."- Charlotte Woodward
-only signer to lived to 1920 when women gained the right to vote
-ill on voting day, so never actually voted
"My heart is with all women who vote. They have gained it now, and they should not quarrel about the method of using it."- Charlotte Woodward