Seneca Falls Convention

American  

noun

U.S. History.

1. a women's rights convention held at Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.

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Seneca Falls Convention Cultural  

1. The first convention in America devoted to women's rights. It met in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848, and passed several resolutions, including a demand that women be given the right to vote.

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Example Sentences

By feminists at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 who stated “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2022

This hidden character was a woman, an American amateur scientist and a suffragette who served on the editorial committee for the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention in the United States.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2020

She was also a prominent feminist and a signer of the declaration that emerged at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, one of the nation’s first organized events for women’s rights.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2020

Called the Seneca Falls Convention, the event in Seneca Falls, New York, drew over 300 people, mostly women.

From National Geographic Kids • Feb. 25, 2020

The Seneca Falls Convention made headlines across the country.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling