1848 Women’s Rights (jan 1, 1848 – jan 1, 1892)

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suffrage = Right to Vote

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Fought for equal rights for women at work, school and church.
Leader in the suffrage movement

Organized the Seneca Falls Convention where she wrote the Declaration of Sentiments

Convention held in Seneca Falls, New York , on
July 19 & 20, 1848

Complaints from convention were presented in the
Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions modeled on the Declaration of Independence stating that, “All men and women are created equal.”

Equal rights included suffrage, which would give women

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