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  • Essay / The Seneca Falls Convention - 560

    Seneca Falls ConventionBy: Kendra MurphyDo you know how women obtained their rights? Well, it all starts at the Seneca Falls Convention. The Seneca Falls Convention was a march that allowed girls to have their own rights. More than 100 women marched and protested. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott were the first girls to discuss women's rights. The march took place in 1915, but they discussed it in July 1848. The Seneca Falls Convention began with two powerful women named Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. They met in London to discuss the global convention against slavery with the rest of the delegates. They notice that there weren't many females. They went out into the hallway and talked about women. Soon, they thought of creating a convention to allow women to speak about the rights they should have. When they had the Convention, they had to write a document. The document was a declaration of feelings and resolution. The document was written for girls to have rights and the people who thought it was a good idea signed it. She held on to ...