The Convention
Inspiration
World Anti-Slavery Convention on June 12, 1840
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott attended the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London
-women were denied a seat
-Stanton and Mott were appalled by this, but it did inspire them to fight for equal rights for women
“My experience at the World’s Anti-Slavery Convention, all I had read of the legal status of women, and the oppression I saw everywhere, together swet across my soul, intensified now by many experiences. It seemed as if all the elements had conspired to impel me to some onward step. I could not see what to do or where to begin---my only thought was a public meeting for protest and discussion.” -Elizabeth Cady Stanton
-women were denied a seat
-Stanton and Mott were appalled by this, but it did inspire them to fight for equal rights for women
“My experience at the World’s Anti-Slavery Convention, all I had read of the legal status of women, and the oppression I saw everywhere, together swet across my soul, intensified now by many experiences. It seemed as if all the elements had conspired to impel me to some onward step. I could not see what to do or where to begin---my only thought was a public meeting for protest and discussion.” -Elizabeth Cady Stanton
8 Years Later
(after the World Anti-Slavery Convention)
-Stanton and Mott revisited ideas of holding convention for women's rights
-met at Jane Hunt's house in Waterloo, New York along with Martha Coffin Wright, Hunt, and Mary Ann McClintock
-decided to hold the Seneca Falls Convention
-Mary Ann McClintock's house convention was planned
-Declaration of Sentiments was drafted around a mahogany table
-met at Jane Hunt's house in Waterloo, New York along with Martha Coffin Wright, Hunt, and Mary Ann McClintock
-decided to hold the Seneca Falls Convention
-Mary Ann McClintock's house convention was planned
-Declaration of Sentiments was drafted around a mahogany table
ORGANIZATION OF CONVENTION:
~spread out over 2 days
~ 1st day: women only
~2nd day: men invited
~men showed up on the first day of the convention and were allowed to stay
~about 300 people attended convention
~40 were men
~Declaration of Sentiments was read on the first day, and then reread and debated during the second day
~ 1st day: women only
~2nd day: men invited
~men showed up on the first day of the convention and were allowed to stay
~about 300 people attended convention
~40 were men
~Declaration of Sentiments was read on the first day, and then reread and debated during the second day